BIM 283: Advanced Design of Experiments for Biomedical Engineers
Winter 2026

Course Syllabus

Instructor: David M. Rocke (dmrocke at ucdavis.edu)

Announcements

Class will be held in 1060 Bainer, Mondays and Wednesdays 4:10pm–6:00pm
The lecture slides will be posted

Office Hours will be in person or by Zoom by request

R Resources

Introductory Statistics with R (Textbook: ISwR)

https://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/base/

https://www.bigbookofr.com

https://www.rstudio.com/products/rstudio/

https://rstudio-education.github.io/hopr/starting.html

Textbook:

Statistics for Experimenters, Second Edition.
Box, GEP, Hunter, JS, and Hunter, WG, Wiley, 2005.

Class Notes:

January 5. 2026
Reading:
BHH Chapter 1
Presentation: Lecture 1: Introduction to Experimental Design

Install R and (optionally) R Studio (links above)
Practice using ISwR or the R Studio Education link

January 7, 2026
Reading:
BHH Chapter 1
Presentation: Lecture 2: Introduction to Experimental Design (part 2)
Homework: See end of slides for Lecture 2—submit code and results. Due 1/16/26.

January 14, 2025
Reading:
BHH Chapter 2
Presentation: Lecture 3: R Basics
Homework: See end of slides—(Does not have to be handed in.)

January 16, 2025
Reading:
BHH Chapter 2
Presentation: Lecture 4: Regression and Calibration
Homework: