Study Experimental Design Today!

April 28, 2016

Course Code: QUAL1070

To register for this course, visit the Conestoga College Continuing Education Website.

This Experimental Design (DoE) course shows you how to design experiments statistically. Discussions on hypothesis testing, normal probability plots, full and fractional factorials – including main effects, interactions, and prediction of future observations is covered.

Course Outcomes: Successful completion of this course will enable the student to:

• Describe the need for, and advantages of, experimental design.
• Describe a general recipe for experimentation.
• Design and analyze single factor experiments.
• Design and analyze full and fractional factorial 2 level experiments.
• Describe and use the concepts of randomization and blocking.

Unit Outcomes: Successful completion of the following units:

1.0 Introduction to Experiment Design

• Review the general model of a process or system
• Describe reasons for experimental design
• Discuss factorial experimentation
• Identify a general recipe for experimentation

2.0   Experiments With A Single Factor

• Review ANOVA concepts
• ANOVA model
• ANOVA analysis
• Analysis of Factor Effects

3.0   Randomized Block Designs

• ANOVA model for randomized block experiments
• Analysis of effects

4.0   Introduction to full Factorial Experiments

• Describe and use experimental notation
• Discuss main and interaction effects
• Perform a data analysis

5.0   2k Factorial Designs

• Describe and use experimental notation
• Discuss main and interaction effects
• Perform a data analysis
• Compare 2k factorial with center points and blocking
• Required Student Resources:

Required Text Book

Quality By Experimental Design, 4th Edition by Thomas B. Barker and Andrew Milivojevich. For more information about the text visit the publishers website.

About your Experimental Design Course Instructor

Andrew Milivojevich is a leading expert in Experimental Development and Six Sigma.  He is a professional engineer and Fellow of the American Society for Quality and author of Quality by Experimental Design and Emotional Sigma. He is the president of The Knowledge Management Group Inc where is consults with industry extensively.