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Experimental Design in Python

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Overview

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Implement experimental design setups and perform robust statistical analyses to make precise and valid conclusions!

Implement Experimental Design Setups


Learn how to implement the most appropriate experimental design setup for your use case. Learn about how randomized block designs and factorial designs can be implemented to measure treatment effects and draw valid and precise conclusions.


Conduct Statistical Analyses on Experimental Data


Deep-dive into performing statistical analyses on experimental data, including selecting and conducting statistical tests, including t-tests, ANOVA tests, and chi-square tests of association. Conduct post-hoc analysis following ANOVA tests to discover precisely which pairwise comparisons are significantly different.


Conduct Power Analysis


Learn to measure the effect size to determine the amount by which groups differ, beyond being significantly different. Conduct a power analysis using an assumed effect size to determine the minimum sample size required to obtain a required statistical power. Use Cohen's d formulation to measure the effect size for some sample data, and test whether the effect size assumptions used in the power analysis were accurate.


Address Complexities in Experimental Data


Extract insights from complex experimental data and learn best practices for communicating findings to different stakeholders. Address complexities such as interactions, heteroscedasticity, and confounding in experimental data to improve the validity of your conclusions. When data doesn't meet the assumptions of parametric tests, you'll learn to choose and implement an appropriate nonparametric test.

Syllabus

  • Experimental Design Preliminaries
    • Building knowledge in experimental design allows you to test hypotheses with best-practice analytical tools and quantify the risk of your work. You’ll begin your journey by setting the foundations of what experimental design is and different experimental design setups such as blocking and stratification. You’ll then learn and apply visual and analytical tests for normality in experimental data.
  • Experimental Design Techniques
    • You'll delve into sophisticated experimental design techniques, focusing on factorial designs, randomized block designs, and covariate adjustments. These methodologies are instrumental in enhancing the accuracy, efficiency, and interpretability of experimental results. Through a combination of theoretical insights and practical applications, you'll acquire the skills needed to design, implement, and analyze complex experiments in various fields of research.
  • Analyzing Experimental Data: Statistical Tests and Power

    • Master statistical tests like t-tests, ANOVA, and Chi-Square, and dive deep into post-hoc analyses and power analysis essentials. Learn to select the right test, interpret p-values and errors, and skillfully conduct power analysis to determine sample and effect sizes, all while leveraging Python's powerful libraries to bring your data insights to life.
  • Advanced Insights from Experimental Complexity
    • Hop into the complexities of experimental data analysis. Learn to synthesize insights using pandas, address data issues like heteroscedasticity with scipy.stats, and apply nonparametric tests like Mann-Whitney U. Learn additional techniques for transforming, visualizing, and interpreting complex data, enhancing your ability to conduct robust analyses in various experimental settings.

Taught by

James Chapman

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