TMS032 / MSA251 Experimental design and sampling Spring 25
Welcome
Welcome to TMS032/MSA251 Experimental design and sampling, study period 3, spring 2025. This page contains the program of the course:. Other information, such as learning outcomes, teachers, literature and examination, are in a separate course PM.
Program
The schedule of the course can be found in TimeEdit. The same zoom-link below will be used for all sessions.
Teacher
Examiner and teacher: Marina Axelson-Fisk, (marinaa@chalmers.se)
Course litterature
M: Montgomery, D.C.: Design and Analysis of Experiments
C: Cochran, W.G.: Sampling Techniques
Lectures
The following schedule is tentative:
| Day | Time | Room | Topic | Litterature | Recordings from 2021 |
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| Tues 21 Jan | 13:15-15:00 | FL61 | Lecture: One-way ANOVA | M: 3.1-3.4, 3.5.7, 3.9, 4.1, | L1.mp4 |
| Thur 23 Jan | 8:00-9:45 | MVH11 | Lecture: Linear regression | M: 10.1-10.5, 10.7 | L2.mp4 |
| 10:00-11:45 | MVH11 | Lecture: Factorial design | M: 1.1-1.4, 1.6, 5.1-5.4, 6.1-6.4, 6.9, 7.1-7.3, 7.5 | L3.mp4 | |
| Tues 28 Jan | 10:00-11.45 | FL61 | Exercise: ANOVA, linear regression | M: Ch 3, 10 | |
| 13:15-15:00 | MVH11 | Lecture: Fractional factorial design | M: 8.1, 8.2, 8.4, 8.5, 8.7 | L4.mp4 | |
| Thur 30 Jan | 8:00-9:45 | MVH11 | Exercise: Factorial design | M: Ch 5, 6, 7, 8 | |
| 10:00-11:45 | MVH11 | Lecture: Response surfaces | M: 11.1-11.4 | L5.mp4 | |
| Tues 4 feb | 10:00-11.45 | FL61 | Lecture: Mixed effects and split-plot design | M: 13.1-13.3, 14.4 | L6.mp4 |
| Thur 6 Feb | 8:00-9:45 | MVH11 | Exercise: Factorial, mixed effects and split-plot designs | M:8, 11, 13, 14 | |
| 10:00-11:45 | MVH11 | Lecture: Simple random sampling, stratified sampling | C: Ch 1,2 and 5 | L7.mp4 | |
| v. 7 | No teaching | ||||
| Tues 18 Feb | 10:00-11.45 | FL61 | Lecture: Simple, stratified and systematic sampling | C: Ch 1,2 and 5 | L8.mp4 |
| 13:15-15:00 | MVH11 | Lecture: Systematic sampling and cluster sampling | C: 8.1-8.5, 9.1-9.5 | L9.mp4 | |
| Thur 20 Feb | 8:00-9:45 | MVH11 | Exercise: Simple, stratified and systematic sampling | C: Ch 8, 9 | |
| 10:00-11:45 | MVH11 | Lecture: Pps-sampling, pi-ps-sampling | C: 9A.1-9A.6 | L10.mp4 | |
| v. 9 | No teaching | ||||
| Tues 4 March | 10:00-11.45 | FL61 | Lecture: Horvitz-Thompson estimators | C: 9A.7, 9A.10 | L11.mp4 |
| 13:15-15:00 | MVH11 | Lecture: Variances of non-linear estimates | C: 11.3, 11.17-11.21 | L12.mp4 | |
| Thur 6 March | 8:00-9:45 | MVH11 | Exercise: old exam | M, C | |
| 10:00-11:45 | MVH11 | Lecture: Optimal allocation of resources | C: 5.5-5.8 | ||
| Wed 19 March | 8:30-12:30 | Exam |
Exercises
Suggested exercises are those without crosses in the pdf:s below. Also, some of the data is given in Excel sheets for easier handling.
Excel solutions to demonstrated problems: demonstrated_problems.xlsx.
| Problems | Data sheets, Excel | |
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| Ch 3 (M) | Montgomery Ch3 | Data_Ch3 |
| Ch 10 (M) | Montgomery Ch 10 | Data_Ch10 |
| Ch 5 (M) | Montgomery Ch 5 | Data_Ch5 |
| Ch 6 (M) | Montgomery Ch 6 | |
| Ch 7 (M) | Montgomery Ch 7 | |
| Ch 8 (M) | Montgomery Ch 8 | |
| Ch 2 (C) | Cochran Ch 2 | |
| Ch 5 (C) | Cochran Ch 5 | |
| Ch 8 (C) | Cochran Ch 8 | Data Exc 8.1 |
| Ch 9A (C) | Cochran Ch 9A | |
| Ch 11 (C) | Cochran Ch 11 | |
| Solutions (C) | Cochran answers to exercises |
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Use of AI tools
During your studies, you are free to use AI tools to support your learning. During the exam, the use of any kind of AI tools is not allowed.
Examination
Written exam.
The dates, times and places for the exams are in the student portal.
Examination procedures
In Chalmers Student Portal you can read about what rules apply to exams at Chalmers. In addition to that, there is a schedule when exams are given for courses at the University of Gothenburg.
Before the exam, it is important that you sign up for the examination. You sign up through Ladok.
At the exam, you should be able to show valid identification.
After the exam has been graded, you can see your results in Ladok.
At the annual (regular) examination:
When it is practical, a separate review is arranged. The date of the review will be announced here on the course homepage. Anyone who can not participate in the review may thereafter retrieve and review their exam at the Mathematical Sciences Student office. Check that you have the right grades and score. Any complaints about the marking must be submitted in writing at the office, where there is a form to fill out.
At re-examination:
Exams are reviewed and retrieved at the Mathematical Sciences Student office. Check that you have the right grades and score. Any complaints about the marking must be submitted in writing at the office, where there is a form to fill out.
Course evaluation
At the beginning of the course, at least two student representatives should have been appointed to carry out the course evaluation together with the teachers. The evaluation takes place through conversations between teachers and student representatives during the course and at a meeting after the end of the course when the survey result is discussed and a report is written.
Guidelines for Course evaluation in Chalmers student portal.
Student representatives
The following students have been appointed: