MSc Applied Information and Data Science
Data Analytics for Data Scientists
Design of Experiments (DoE)
Syllabus
September 2023
Prof. Dr. Jürg Schwarz
General information about the classes ________________________________________________ 2
Combination of lectures and tutorials ________________________________________________________ 2
Admission to the final exam _______________________________________________________________ 2
Lecture topics, dates and deadlines for the exercises_____________________________________________ 3
Schedule of the lectures ___________________________________________________________________ 3
Course materials / ILIAS __________________________________________________________________ 3
Information about the exercises ______________________________________________________ 4
Design of the exercises ___________________________________________________________________ 4
Checking the exercises / Suggested solutions __________________________________________________ 4
Details on submitting the exercises __________________________________________________________ 4
Information about the exam _________________________________________________________ 5
General information about the classes
Combination of lectures and tutorials
Lectures on Design of Experiments (DoE) include highly structured content, which is why
frontal teaching is used as the main teaching method.
To make the lessons interactive nevertheless, you will participate in tutorials after the lecture
during which you apply the topics covered in class.
In the tutorials, you will work on your solution to exercises, which you can complete then or by
yourself afterwards. For some exercises you will use the R/RStudio software.
Be sure to bring your laptop with a working version of R/RStudio to the tutorials.
Instructions for the installation were given in the Classical and Bayesian Statistics module.
Nature of the tutorials
The tutorials provide plenty of opportunities to discuss solutions within your group.
They are supervised by the lecturers and assistants. If there is enough time, you can also ask
questions regarding all previous lectures and exercises.
You will work in groups to make the tutorials more efficient; in other words, you can ask ques-
tions and exchange ideas with the lecturers and assistants while working on exercises in a group.
However, you need to develop your own solution and submit it in your own name.
The group serves as a platform to discuss problems and help each other.
Nature of the exercises
Doing the exercises requires you to apply all the elements needed to reach the learning goals and
to successfully solve complex problems regarding data quality.
Admission to the final exam
In order to be admitted to the final exam, you will have to hand in your solutions to exercises.
You will have to upload your solutions onto ILIAS.
Once they have been checked, you will be notified by email about "Pass" or "Not pass".
To be admitted to the final exam, you must “pass” 5 exercises.
For further information, see "Information about the exercises" on page 4.
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Lecture topics, dates and deadlines for the exercises
Lecture Place Topic Date Exercise Deadline
01 Classroom Introduction 21.09.2023 01*
02 Online Principles 28.09.2023 02 05.10.2023
03 Online Introduction to design of experiments 05.10.2023 03 12.10.2023
04 Classroom Properties of design of experiments 12.10.2023 04 19.10.2023
05 Online Sampling 19.10.2023 05 26.10.2023
06 Online Effect size / Power analysis 26.10.2023 06 02.11.2023
07 Classroom Paradigms / Instead of tutorial: Introduction to ANOVA 02.11.2023 **
08 Classroom A/B Testing 09.11.2023 08 16.11.2023
09 Online Factorial designs 16.11.2023 09 23.11.2023
10 Classroom Large data quantities 23.11.2023 10 30.11.2023
Online Guest Lecture 30.11.2023 *
11 Classroom Experiments in social media 07.12.2023 11 14.12.2023
Reflection / Self-study 14.12.2023 **
Online Q&A Session*** 21.12.2023
** Exercise does not have to be submitted
** There is no exercise
*** Detailed information will be provided before the Q&A Session.
Schedule of the lectures
Timeline Unit Duration
16.15
Lecture in Class
40 Minutes
Schwarz
16.55
17.05
Tutorial in Groups
50 Minutes
Schwarz / Assistants
17.55
Course materials / ILIAS
All course materials are available on ILIAS:
Lecture notes
Exercises, data sets, suggested solutions
In some cases, articles / chapters from books
The Master’s Secretariat will provide you with a login for ILIAS.
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Information about the exercises
Design of the exercises
An exercise generally includes various types of tasks:
For example, open answers, multiple choices, and calculations with R/RStudio.
Checking the exercises / Suggested solutions
You will hand in solutions of your exercises.
The exercises are checked and rated as "Pass" or "Not pass."
A "Pass" rate does not mean that your solution is error-free. It simply means that it meets the
minimum standards. It is therefore essential that you always compare your work with the
suggested solutions, posted on ILIAS after the submission date.
Details on submitting the exercises
Submission date Generally by 12.00 on the following Thursday (see table on → Page 3)
File format PDF
File name Surname_Firstname_Exercise number (e.g. Doe_John_03)
Location Folder "Submission → Exercises Student Solutions" on ILIAS
Be sure to upload your solution to the correct subfolder.
Correspondence It is not possible to communicate by email about the exercises.
Ask questions in the tutorials.
Important The exercises will be checked only if submitted as a PDF file (with the right
name and in the right location on ILIAS) by the deadline.
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Information about the exam
Final exam
Date This will be specified in the exam invitation, available by the end of the semester.
Location This will be specified in the exam invitation, available by the end of the semester.
Duration 60 minutes
Rough The exam invitation mentions more than 60 minutes duration.
duration This is because of the additional time needed for the preparation and submission.
Admission To be admitted to the final exam, you must pass 5 of the exercises.
Weighting The exam counts as 100% of the grade for the module.
Topics Lectures 01 to 11 / Exercises 01 to 11, including the suggested solutions.
Exception: Exercises labelled with * or ** in the list on page 3.
Level The level of the exam reflects the level of the lectures and exercises.
Style The style of the exam reflects the style of the exercises.
Form The form of the exam corresponds to the work you do during the exercises.
The results must be collected and saved in a Microsoft Word document.
Further instructions will be issued at the time of the exam.
Tools All types of calculators are permitted but may not be necessary.
The exam will be run on your own laptop, with these requirements:
◦ Laptop according to "Notebook concept for students" → LINK
◦ R/RStudio must be executable (even without internet access)
Materials Summary of the course content
You can bring a summary of the a maximum of 8 A4 pages
(4 sheets written on both sides or 8 sheets written on one side).
The summary can be of any content, come from any source, and be generated by
hand or electronically.
You can bring your summary to the exam only in stapled paper form;
you are not permitted to have it electronically on your laptop.
At the exam, you will be provided with a compilation of all the R code
used during the semester.
In general, you are not permitted to have other notes etc. in electronic form.
During the exam, the materials will be spot-checked.
Note There are no spare laptops available.
