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== See also ==
Adversarial collaboration – Method of research
Bayesian experimental design – Experimental design framework
Block design – Structure in combinatorial mathematics
Box–Behnken design – Experimental designs for response surface methodology
Central composite design – Experimental design in statistical mathematics
Clinical study design – Plan for research in clinical medicine
Computer experiment – Experiment used to study computer simulation
Controlling for a variable – Binning data according to measured values of the variable
Experimetrics (econometrics-related experiments)
Factor analysis – Statistical method
Fractional factorial design – Statistical experimental design approach
Glossary of experimental design
Grey box model – Mathematical data production model with limited structure
Industrial engineering – Branch of engineering which deals with the optimization of complex processes or systems
Instrument effect
Law of large numbers – Averages of repeated trials converge to the expected value
Manipulation checks
Multifactor design of experiments software
One-factor-at-a-time method – Method of designing experiments
Optimal design – Experimental design that is optimal with respect to some statistical criterionPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
Plackett–Burman design – Type of experimental design
Probabilistic design – Discipline within engineering design
Protocol (natural sciences) – Procedural method for the design and implementation of an experimentPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
Quasi-experimental design – Empirical interventional studyPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
Randomized block design – Design of experiments to collect similar contexts togetherPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
Randomized controlled trial – Form of scientific experiment
Research design – Overall strategy utilized to carry out research
Robust parameter design
Sample size determination – Statistical considerations on how many observations to make
Supersaturated designs – Type of experimental design
Royal Commission on Animal Magnetism – 1784 French scientific bodies' investigations involving systematic controlled trials
Survey sampling – Statistical selection process
System identification – Statistical methods to build mathematical models of dynamical systems from measured data
Taguchi methods – Statistical methods to improve the quality of manufactured goods

== References ==

=== Sources ===

== External links ==

A chapter from a "NIST/SEMATECH Handbook on Engineering Statistics" at NIST
Box–Behnken designs from a "NIST/SEMATECH Handbook on Engineering Statistics" at NIST