Syllabus 2011/2012 FMS210

Syllabus academic year 2011/2012
(Created 2011-09-01.)

CHEMOMETRICS

FMS210

Credits: 7,5. Grading scale: TH. Cycle: G2 (First Cycle). Main field: Technology. Language of instruction: The course will be given in Swedish. FMS210 overlaps following cours/es: MAS234. Alternative for: B3. Optional for: B4l, B4lm, B4mb, K4l, K4p, N4, Pi4. Course coordinator: Dr Malin Sjöö, Malin.Sjoo@food.lth.se, Food Technology. 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.

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. 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.