Experimental Design for Business

Managers in business, government, or other organizations often encounter situations in which decisions need to be made with little information at hand. In these cases, the Design of Experiments (DoE) has proven to be a tool useful in a variety of circumstances: from improving and standardizing the decision-making process to controlling the quality of products and services to designing survey questions. Students will learn different experimental designs, appropriate statistical methods, and how to determine necessary sample sizes for an experiment. This course permits students to study this topic in depth andlearn how to design effective experiments.