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SED Education and Training: Course Notes

Course notes are available for the following short courses:


Introduction to Bayesian Statistical Models
(Blaza Toman)

Day 1   Day 2   Day 3



Regression Models
(Will Guthrie)

Section 1   Section 2   Section 3



Modern Regression Analysis for Scientists and Engineers
(Tom Ryan)


This contains some material from Tom Ryan's text, Modern Regression Methods, published by Wiley. We would like to acknowledge Wiley's kind permission in allowing us to post these course notes to our web page.


Design of Experiments
(Ivilesse Aviles)

Taguchi designs   Robust designs   Optimization designs




Photos from class

Combining Information
(James Yen)




The course notes may be given in PDF. These files can be viewed and printed using Adobe Acrobat Reader software from Adobe Systems, Inc. You may download this software without charge from the Adobe site. You may also contact the sedwww [at] nist.gov (SEDwebmaster) to request a printed copy of the document.

Course notes may also be given in Microsoft Power Point format. These files may not be viewable by some browsers on some platforms.
Created September 28, 2010, Updated June 2, 2021
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