Lukas Meier is a senior scientist at the Seminar für Statistik at ETH Zürich. His main interests are teaching statistics at various levels, the application of statistics in many fields of applications using advanced ANOVA or regression models, and high-dimensional statistics. He co-leads the statistical consulting service at ETH Zürich and is the director of a continuing education program in applied statistics.

• 1. Learning from Data. 1.1. Cause-Effect Relationships. 1.2. Experimental Studies. 2. Completely Randomized Designs. 2.1. One-Way Analysis of Variance. 2.2. Checking Model Assumptions. 2.3. Nonparametric Approaches. 2.4. Power or "What Sample Size Do I Need?". 2.5. Adjusting for Covariates. 2.6. Appendix. 3. Contrasts and Multiple Testing. 3.1. Contrasts. 3.2. Multiple Testing. 4. Factorial Treatment Structure. 4.1. Introduction. 4.2. Two-Way ANOVA Model. 5. Complete Block Designs. 5.1. Introduction. 5.2. Randomized Complete Block Designs (RCBD). 5.3. Nonparametric Alternatives. 5.4. Outlook: Multiple Block Factors. 6. Random and Mixed Effects Models. 6.1. Random Effects Models. 7. Split-Plot Designs. 7.1. Introduction. 7.2. Properties of Split-Plot Designs. 7.3. A More Complex Example in Detail: Oat Varieties. 8. Incomplete Block Designs. 8.1. Introduction. 8.2. Balanced Incomplete Block Designs (BIBD). 8.3. Analysis of Incomplete Block Designs. 8.4. Outlook. 8.5. Concluding Remarks. Bibliography. Index

Lukas Meier is a senior scientist at the Seminar für Statistik at ETH Zürich. His main interests are teaching statistics at various levels, the application of statistics in many fields of applications using advanced ANOVA or regression models, and high-dimensional statistics. He co-leads the statistical consulting service at ETH Zürich and is the director of a continuing education program in applied statistics.

• 1. Learning from Data. 1.1. Cause-Effect Relationships. 1.2. Experimental Studies. 2. Completely Randomized Designs. 2.1. One-Way Analysis of Variance. 2.2. Checking Model Assumptions. 2.3. Nonparametric Approaches. 2.4. Power or "What Sample Size Do I Need?". 2.5. Adjusting for Covariates. 2.6. Appendix. 3. Contrasts and Multiple Testing. 3.1. Contrasts. 3.2. Multiple Testing. 4. Factorial Treatment Structure. 4.1. Introduction. 4.2. Two-Way ANOVA Model. 5. Complete Block Designs. 5.1. Introduction. 5.2. Randomized Complete Block Designs (RCBD). 5.3. Nonparametric Alternatives. 5.4. Outlook: Multiple Block Factors. 6. Random and Mixed Effects Models. 6.1. Random Effects Models. 7. Split-Plot Designs. 7.1. Introduction. 7.2. Properties of Split-Plot Designs. 7.3. A More Complex Example in Detail: Oat Varieties. 8. Incomplete Block Designs. 8.1. Introduction. 8.2. Balanced Incomplete Block Designs (BIBD). 8.3. Analysis of Incomplete Block Designs. 8.4. Outlook. 8.5. Concluding Remarks. Bibliography. Index

Lukas Meier is a senior scientist at the Seminar für Statistik at ETH Zürich. His main interests are teaching statistics at various levels, the application of statistics in many fields of applications using advanced ANOVA or regression models, and high-dimensional statistics. He co-leads the statistical consulting service at ETH Zürich and is the director of a continuing education program in applied statistics.

• 1. Learning from Data. 1.1. Cause-Effect Relationships. 1.2. Experimental Studies. 2. Completely Randomized Designs. 2.1. One-Way Analysis of Variance. 2.2. Checking Model Assumptions. 2.3. Nonparametric Approaches. 2.4. Power or "What Sample Size Do I Need?". 2.5. Adjusting for Covariates. 2.6. Appendix. 3. Contrasts and Multiple Testing. 3.1. Contrasts. 3.2. Multiple Testing. 4. Factorial Treatment Structure. 4.1. Introduction. 4.2. Two-Way ANOVA Model. 5. Complete Block Designs. 5.1. Introduction. 5.2. Randomized Complete Block Designs (RCBD). 5.3. Nonparametric Alternatives. 5.4. Outlook: Multiple Block Factors. 6. Random and Mixed Effects Models. 6.1. Random Effects Models. 7. Split-Plot Designs. 7.1. Introduction. 7.2. Properties of Split-Plot Designs. 7.3. A More Complex Example in Detail: Oat Varieties. 8. Incomplete Block Designs. 8.1. Introduction. 8.2. Balanced Incomplete Block Designs (BIBD). 8.3. Analysis of Incomplete Block Designs. 8.4. Outlook. 8.5. Concluding Remarks. Bibliography. Index