LISA SHORT COURSES IN STATISTICS
LISA (Laboratory for Interdisciplinary Statistical Analysis) is providing a series of evening short courses to help graduate students use statistics in their research. The focus of these two-hour courses is on teaching practical statistical techniques for analyzing or collecting data. See www.lisa.stat.vt.edu/?q=short_courses for instructions on how to REGISTER and to learn more. Refreshments will be provided at the end of each short course!

Spring 2011 Schedule:
February 1: Basic Principles of Experimental Design;
February 7: Using JMP for Statistical Analysis Part I*;
February 8: Using JMP for Statistical Analysis Part II*;
February 15: Regression;
February 21: Intro to SAS Part I*;
February 22: Intro to SAS Part II*;
February 28 & March 1: Introduction to R*;
March 14 & 15: Bayesian Methods for Regression in R*;
*Course to be held in 3080 Torgersen Hall. Other courses will be in Fralin Auditorium

Tuesday, February 1;
Instructor: Dr. Chris Franck;
Title: Basic Principles of Experimental Design;
Course Information: Course Information: Sound experimental design is of vital importance when conducting any scientific experiment. Choices made at the design stage have the potential to drastically impact the results of any study. A strong experimental design gives the researcher an improved chance of a successful experiment. A poorly considered or implemented design can have a ruinous effect on the investigation. In this short course basic elements of experimental design such as randomization, replication, and blocking will be discussed using real world experiments. Basic and more advanced designs will be presented.

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Location:	Fralin Auditorium
Price:	Free
Contact:	Tonya Pruitt lisa@vt.edu 540-231-8354
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