This paper is from Session 9C: Virtual environments and experimental learning in statistics education

which comes under Topic 9: Technology in statistics education

Other papers under session 9C ... 9C2: A visual approach in the teaching of statistics and probability 9C3: Statlab: learning DOE by doing!

(Tuesday 13th, 11:00-12:30)

Setting up experiments in veterinary science: an example of virtual experimentation

Presenter

• Luc Duchateau (Ghent University, Belgium)

Co-authors

• Paul Darius (Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium)
• Liesbeth Lievens (Catholic University Leuven, Belgium)

Abstract

Experimental design and random allocation of treatments is essential in applied research to run efficient experiments from which valid conclusions can be drawn. The relevance of experimental design and randomization, however, is often not well understood by students and investigators, and therefore statisticians are only consulted for the statistical analysis. A virtual experimentation environment allows researchers to design trials in their own discipline, evaluate the consequences of their choices and recognize the importance of statistical concepts such as blocks, nesting and random assignment. The application presented here consists of a vaccination trial for the prevention of udder infection in dairy cows.

Other papers under session 9C ... 9C2: A visual approach in the teaching of statistics and probability 9C3: Statlab: learning DOE by doing!