ST344: Introduction to Experimental Design and Survey Sampling (Fall 2020)

Calendar Description

This course provides an introduction to two important areas in statistics - experimental design
and survey sampling. Surveys have been used extensively in many fields. There are political
opinion polls, market surveys, survey carried out for social science or health research and
government surveys run by organizations such as Statistics Canada. Experiments are often used
to answer scientific questions. statistical analysis of the design and the data from such
experiments help achievements in drug development, agricultural production, industrial quality
control, and other important aspects of human life.

Prerequisites

ST260 or (ST259 and one of ST230, ST231).

 

Instructor

Zilin Wang
E-mail: zwang@wlu.ca
Office Hours: Tuesday and Thursday 2, 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. or by appointments
through Zoom Meeting

Lectures

Lectures will be delivered synchronously through Zoom on Tuesdays and Thursdays
between Thursday 2:30 p.m.- 3:50 p.m. (Eastern Time zone). Students have access to
Zoom meetings from MyLS.

Textbook

 C. Wu and M. E. Thompson. Sampling Theory and Practice. 2020. Springer.
(https://link-springer-com.libproxy.wlu.ca/book/10.1007%2F978-3-030-44246-0)

 G. Casella. Statistical Design. 2008. Springer.
(https://link-springer-com.libproxy.wlu.ca/book/10.1007%2F978-0-387-75965-4)

Calculators

Students may use a non-programmable, non-graphing calculator on course tests and the final examination.

MyLearningSpace

Materials related to this course and the full course outline will be posted on the MA686I MyLearningSpace website. You are responsible for checking here on a regular basis for important announcements.

Evaluation

A final mark out of 100 will be calculated as follows:

• Assignments: 30%
• Midterm Test : 35%
• Final Exam (2.5 hours, exact date, time and location to be announced): 35%

This document is a summary of the course outline for MA686I and is provided for the convenience of students.