Syllabus 2007/2008 FMS210

Syllabus academic year 2007/2008

CHEMOMETRICS

FMS210

Higher education credits: 7,5. Grading scale: TH. Level: G2 (First level). Language of instruction: The course will be given in Swedish. FMS210 overlap following cours/es: MAS234 och MAS234. Alternative for: B3, K3. Optional for: B4l, K4l, N4, Pi4. Course coordinator: Dr Malin Sjöö, Malin.Sjoo@food.lth.se, Livsmedelsteknologi. Recommended prerequisits: A basic course in mathematical statistics and basic Matlab. Assessment: Written project reports as well as compulsory and active participation in the seminars. Further information: The course is also given at the faculty of science with the code MAS234.

Aim
Build on the knowledge in design of experiments in order to be able to plan and perform more complicated experiments, as well as analyse data in several dimensions.

Knowledge and understanding
For a passing grade the student must

be able to explain and use basic methods in factorial design,
be able to explain and use basic methods in cluster analysis, discriminant analysis, principal components, and partial least squares.

Skills and abilities
For a passing grade the student must

plan a factorial design experiment,
suggest which multivariate statistical method should be used on a given problem,
structure and analyse multi-dimensional data materials using computer software for multivariate methods, and critically assess the result,
report the solutions of multivariate statistical problems in written reports and orally at seminars.

Contents
Complete and reduced factorial designs. Mixture designs. Response surface analysis. Cluster analysis, discriminant analysis, principal component analysis (PCA), and partial least squares (PLS).

Literature
Brereton, RG: Chemometrics: Data Analysis for the Laboratory and Chemical Plant. Wiley 2003.