Introduction to Experimental Design

This study guide covers designing experiments for AP Statistics, focusing on establishing cause-and-effect. It details the components of an experiment (experimental units, response variables, explanatory variables/factors/treatments), confounding variables, and elements of a well-designed experiment (comparison, random assignment, replication, control). It also explains different experiment types (blind, completely randomized, randomized block, matched pairs) and provides practice questions and a final exam focus.