Basics of Experimental Design
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There are several concepts as important to experimental design as they are basic. Perform experiments on any of the following simulated experiments in order to see the importance of some of these concepts illustrated. After each interactive example, if the important concept is not clear, there is a link which, if clicked, will give a detailed explanation.
- Experimental System A
- Experimental System B
- Experimental System C
- Experimental System D
- Experimental System E
The following is a java applet designed to illustrate simple concepts of experimental design. Follow the instructions and then click the link below the results to see an explanation of the experimental design concept meant to be illustrated.
In this "experiment" we are again looking to characterize the response of reaction yield to temperature (as in this example). In this case, our detection methods give us great precision and accuracy, thus making experimental noise negligible. We create our reactants in another process (assumed to be completed when this page loads) and then select a temperature and react aliquots of our reactants at that temperature. Select a temperature and then click an arrow to take measurements; characterize the response of this system.
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Click here for description of the concept illustrated above.
Links to other experiments:
