LEC.

243: Experimental Design & Analysis

Week

Lecture

Practical

AJ

Experimental design: How to

construct, execute and
deliver a scientific
investigation

Both

Group 1: Thurs 10-1 Furness LT1

Group 2: Fri 9-12 George Fox LT2
Designing an experiment

AJ

Scientific literature: How to

read and interpret data in
scientific papers

Both

Group 1: Thurs 10-1 LS&E Lab A1

Group 2: Fri 9-12 LS&E Lab A1
Gathering data

JP

Using databases: Effective

strategies for investigating
the literature and other
sources of information

Both

Group 1: Thurs 10-1 Furness LT1

Group 2: Fri 9-12 George Fox LT2
Using literature search engines and Endnote

JP

Describing data: Why use

statistics? Types of statistical
test, the Normal distribution,
Central Limit Theorem.

JP

Group 1: Thurs 10-1 PC Teaching Hub Zone 1

Group 2: Fri 9-12 PC Teaching Hub Zone 1
Describing data: standard errors, confidence intervals,
drawing frequency histograms, testing for Normality.

AJ

Data presentation: What is

effective data presentation
and how can I make use of it
to communicate effectively?

AJ

Group 1: Thurs 10-1 PC Teaching Hub Zone 1

Group 2: Fri 9-12 PC Teaching Hub Zone 1
Presenting data: Exploring the dos and donts of
communicating results to your reader

JP

Uncertainty in
measurements: What are
errors, estimating
uncertainty, propagating
errors through calculations.

JP

Group 1: Thurs 10-1 PC Teaching Hub Zone 1

Group 2: Fri 9-12 PC Teaching Hub Zone 1
Uncertainty in measurement: estimating
uncertainties, displaying uncertainty in your data
presentation.

DEADLINE: Friday 13th November Data presentation coursework

JP

Comparing sample means:

Are our two samples the same
or different?

JP

Group 1: Thurs 10-1 PC Teaching Hub Zone 1

Group 2: Fri 9-12 PC Teaching Hub Zone 1
Comparing sample means: F-tests, t-tests (onesample, paired, unpaired), Mann-Whitney U test,
Wilcoxon matched pairs test, using Excel and SPSS

JP

Relationships between
variables: How do our two
variables relate to each
other?

JP

Group 1: Thurs 10-1 PC Teaching Hub Zone 1

Group 2: Fri 9-12 PC Teaching Hub Zone 1
Relationships between variables: correlation and
regression, best fit lines, Spearmans rank, using Excel
and SPSS

JP

Comparing > 2 samples:

When we have more than two
samples, can we tell if they
are the same or different?
What happens when we have
more than one independent
variable?

JP

Group 1: Thurs 10-1 PC Teaching Hub Zone 1

Group 2: Fri 9-12 PC Teaching Hub Zone 1
Comparing > 2 samples: Levenes test, one-way and
two-way ANOVA, Tukey-Kramer tests, using Excel and
SPSS.

10

Both Summary: Wrap up and back

to experimental design

Both

DEADLINE: Friday 11th December Statistics coursework

Group 1: Thurs 10-1 Furness LT1

Group 2: Fri 9-12 George Fox LT2
Review dissertations in the light of your learning in this
module.