Course schedule
Wednesday teaching sessions for Designing Experiments and Analysing Research Data
Classes normally meet on Wednesdays from 12:30 to 16:00 in room 8846-3305. Select a class to find its preparation, provisional focus, in-class work, and follow-up.
ImportantProvisional schedule
Topics and activities may change as the course develops. Reading, video, slide, and activity links will be added to the individual class pages.
NoteChanges to the teaching calendar
There was no teaching on 26 August. That class will be replaced by an additional session on a date to be announced. There is also no teaching in week 42.
| Unit | Week | Date | Provisional focus |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | 35 | 26 August — no teaching | Class rescheduled |
| 1 | 36 | 2 September | Research questions, treatments, responses, and experimental units; experimental-unit card sort |
| 2 | 37 | 9 September | Replication, pseudoreplication, controls, and confounding; Design Surgery |
| 3 | 38 | 16 September | Randomisation and treatment allocation; randomisation workshop |
| 4 | 39 | 23 September | Blocking and factorial designs; physical design-layout activity |
| 5 | 40 | 30 September | From experimental design to data generation; simulate before analysing |
| 6 | 41 | 7 October | Simulation-based power analysis and power curves |
| — | 42 | 14 October — no teaching | Autumn break |
| 7 | 43 | 21 October | Translating designs into model formulae; introduction to GLMs |
| 8 | 44 | 28 October | Hierarchical data and GLMM fitting |
| 9 | 45 | 4 November | Model checking and diagnostics |
| 10 | 46 | 11 November | Repeated-measures designs and analysis |
| 11 | 47 | 18 November | Longitudinal data and change through time |
| 12 | 48 | 25 November | Estimating and interpreting scientifically meaningful outcomes |
| 13 | 49 | 2 December | Communicating analyses, consulting clinic, and project preparation |
| 14 | TBA | Date to be announced | Project presentations and peer feedback |
Preparing for class
This is a flipped classroom. Check the relevant class page in advance, complete the preparation listed there, and bring any required materials to class.