Summary
Despite a very large literature on experimental design there are few papers which discuss the fundamentals, certainly compared to work on statistical inference. This paper tries to address some of the issues in a way which draws together some different fields such as search, group-testing and entropy based methods. An important philosophical distinction is between active and passive observation and examples introduce this subject. There are close connections with the approach tof Taguchi in engineering.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Similar content being viewed by others
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Additional information
This paper, the following discussion, the contribution of R. Fontana and the reply of H. P. Wynn are a result of the seminar hold in Rome, on the 6th October 1993. The Editorial Board wishes to thank Prof. Alessandra Giovagnoli for the organization of the meeting.
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
Wynn, H.P. The foundation of experimental design and observation. J. It. Statist. Soc. 2, 137–158 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02589232
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02589232