Introduction to Optimal Designs for Social and Biomedical Research - Berger, Martijn P.F. (University of Maastricht, The Netherlands) a Wong, Weng-Kee (UCLA School of Public Health, USA)

Introduces optimal experimental design, in an accessible style that means very minimal mathematical background knowledge is needed. Provides guidelines for practitioners to increase the efficiency of their designs, demonstrating how optimal designs can reduce a study's costs and sample sizes.