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Design and Analysis of Experiments, Introduction to Experimental Design (Wiley Series in Probability and Statistics) (Volume 1)

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Best for graduate students in agricultural science.
Good numerical examples using the statistical software.

This is an extremely poorly-written book, I do not recommend it for learning about experimental design. I am an engineering graduate student and need to learn about experimental design for my thesis, and this was one of the first books I read. This was a mistake. The author uses terms without defining them, obfuscates the terms he does define with his poorly-chosen examples, introduces confusing and ultimately useless concepts about experimental design, and to top it all off, the terminology that is used is not shared with any other textbook in the field (none that I could find, anyway), meaning the user is left twisting in the wind, without recourse to a better or alternative textbook. The index is also poor, which is not a surprise - if the author can't be bothered to define his own terminology, why would he bother to provide a thorough index? This is one of the worst volumes to pick up if you are trying to learn experimental design on your own.

Given that it is published in 1994, this text is still the heuristic and insightful reference for a first-year graduate course in experimental design. The material mentioned in this book will nodoubtly enable students to tackle the complex technical materials presented in advanced courses and journal articles regarding experimental designing.