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Experimental design, Lp1 2010, KBT120 and KKR031

1. What is your general impression of the course?

Poor»		1		1%
Fair»		1		1%
Adequate»		6		11%
Good»		30		56%
Excellent»		15		28%

Genomsnitt: 4.07

2. What type of student are you?

Master student MPISC»		28		52%
Biotechnology student»		19		35%
Master student (not MPISC)»		2		3%
PhD student»		4		7%
Other»		0		0%

Genomsnitt: 1.66

3. If you are a Master student - are you?

Swedish»		19		55%
International»		15		44%

Genomsnitt: 1.44

4. Gender?

Male»		28		53%
Female»		24		46%

Genomsnitt: 1.46

Your own effort

5. How many hours per week did you spend on this course?

52 svarande

At most 15 hours/week»		7		13%
Around 20 hours/week»		14		26%
Around 25 hours/week»		19		36%
Around 30 hours/week»		8		15%
At least 35 hours/week»		4		7%

Genomsnitt: 2.76

6. How large part of the teaching offered did you attend?

53 svarande

0%»		0		0%
25%»		3		5%
50%»		1		1%
75%»		16		30%
100%»		33		62%

Genomsnitt: 4.49

Goals and goal fulfilment

7. How understandable are the course goals?

52 svarande

I have not seen/read the goals»		6		11%
The goals are difficult to understand»		0		0%
The goals give some guidance, but could be clearer»		13		25%
The goals clearly describe what I am supposed to learn»		33		63%

Genomsnitt: 3.4

- I think the course goals are good but just included the " basic" of the course. » (The goals give some guidance, but could be clearer)
- More hands on examples on the problems will make students understand faster, as i find some parts of the textbook are hard to understand after first few read thru.» (The goals clearly describe what I am supposed to learn)

8. Are the goals reasonable considering your background and the number of credits?

49 svarande

No, the goals are set too low»		0		0%
Yes, the goals seem reasonable»		47		95%
No, the goals are set too high»		2		4%

Genomsnitt: 2.04

- Pre-calculus and statistics» (Yes, the goals seem reasonable)
- Statistic, some basiv chemistry is good to for understading of the application» (Yes, the goals seem reasonable)
- Basic statistic course» (Yes, the goals seem reasonable)
- bt-staten hjälpte en del för förståelsen.» (Yes, the goals seem reasonable)
- BT-statistikkursen hjälpte väldigt mycket, gjorde att man förstod en massor mycket snabbare.» (Yes, the goals seem reasonable)
- matematisk statistik (K) matematisk modellering» (Yes, the goals seem reasonable)
- I think the basic of statistic background will be necessary to give in the previous lecture. The marterial for this course is too much. I coludnt reach all of material in the book deeply. And for this course, we need to do a lot of excersice and I feel I didn"t have enough time to do that. » (No, the goals are set too high)

9. Did the examination assess whether you have reached the goals?

No, not at all»		5		16%
Quite OK»		19		61%
Definitely»		7		22%
I don"t know/have not been examined yet»		18

Genomsnitt: 2.06

- Tentan kändes väldigt viktad (höhöhö) mot Anova tabellen. Kändes inte som att tentan alls testade hela kursen. Det var 4 uppgifter som i grund gick ut på att göra 4 olika sorters anova tabeller för att sedan utvärdera resultatet. Sen att merparten jag snackat med inte alls förstod fråga 3 eller 6 gör det ju inte bättre.» (No, not at all)
- Tentan testade oss inte alls på många av de saker vi gått genom på kursen. Saker som saknades var nested design, steepest ascent, mixture/simplex design, mean value confidence interval, variance confidence interval. De flesta av uppgifterna var bara varianter av ANOVA. Det borde definitivt varit mycket mer variation i uppgifterna, som i tidigare tentor. Uppgiftsformuleringen är knasig i många fall, speciellt problem 3 på den här tentan. Det var inte många som förstod det.» (No, not at all)
- I think that task one and two were very similar. And the other calcualtion tasks were as well quite similar. We have learnt much more in the course such as nested design and optimization, I was not able to test my knowledge on that, i would have prefered one more calculation task insted of a theory qusetion.» (No, not at all)
- There were no testing of knowledge of how to plan experiments in the exam, which I thought was supposed to be important, apparently it is more important to be able to construct lots of ANOVA tables.» (Quite OK)
- Question number 3 and 6 were tricky and we hadn"t got much guidance how to solve such problems during lessons and practices.» (Quite OK)
- I should study more and had more preparation to the exam. But the exam is OK with the goal.» (Quite OK)
- I found the exam have more complex and tricky questions, which had not been brought up in class, than basic ones, which I thought was the main goal of the course.» (Quite OK)
- Just, on the last page of the examination, it was mentioned that which model are we supposed to choose, so at the end, I hadn"t enough time to correct the mistakenly chosen PCA model. It would be better if it had been mentioned in the start page.» (Definitely)

Teaching and course administration

10. How was the subject coverage of the lectures ?

They covered too little material»		5		10%
About right»		30		61%
They covered somewhat too much material»		10		20%
They covered much too much material»		4		8%
Don"t know/did not attend»		3

Genomsnitt: 2.26

- The teacher covered materials that wasn"t useful for us when we attempt to solve assignments» (They covered too little material)
- Too many power point slides, these are naturally hurried through and you don"t remember much. Lazy teachers makes for lazy students.» (They covered too little material)
- I thought the lectures about RSM and linear regression were quite unstructured. I didn"t learn anything about those subject at all at the lectures.» (They covered too little material)
- Slightly too much material covered in a lecture (i.e. a chapter in a relatively short lecture), but it is depended on the students" effort to follow» (They covered somewhat too much material)
- Kändes väldigt flyktiga i utlärningen. väldigt mycket utsvävningar och inte så mycket konkret om vad vi ska kunna. Slides med mycket text är inte bra. Men uppgifterna som gjordes under föreläsningarna var bra!» (They covered somewhat too much material)
- some lectures are too wide and not easy to understand the real topic.» (They covered somewhat too much material)
- Multivariate analysis using SIMCA is very interesting topics. It can be a course of itself. I also find the various factorial design is very complicated and very important for our future needs especially the Robust analysis. I suggest more time to be given for this chapter.» (They covered much too much material)
- I think many subjects have been mentioned during the course, which was not good. due to the time limitations and the volume of the project and assignments we couldnät go deep into the subject. therefore, teachers just touched upon each of the subjects and the important task was for us to study them and learn them by heart. If less material was taught but in more depth, it was much more valuable than this amount of subjects but on the surface.» (They covered much too much material)
- Fruktansvärt oinspirerande föreläsningar!!! Killen är ju inte direkt någon stjärna på engelska heller.» (Don"t know/did not attend)

11. How large part of the lectures offered did you attend?

53 svarande

0%»		0		0%
25%»		2		3%
50%»		2		3%
75%»		14		26%
100%»		35		66%

Genomsnitt: 4.54

12. To what extent did the lectures help you learning?

Small extent»		6		11%
Some extent»		20		38%
Large extent»		20		38%
Great extent»		6		11%

Genomsnitt: 2.5

13. What do you think of the lectures of Claes Niklasson?

Poor»		1		1%
Fair»		2		3%
Adequate»		6		11%
Good»		16		30%
Excellent»		27		51%
Did not attend»		1

Genomsnitt: 4.26

- Fruktansvärt oinspirerande föreläsningar!!! Killen är ju inte direkt någon stjärna på engelska heller.» (Poor)
- Mostly relies on slides.» (Fair)
- Som sagt innan.» (Adequate)
- Claes is good, but I think he should change his PowerPoint presentation. It"s quite pointless to have slides where all info is taken straight from the book! » (Adequate)
- Didn"t give much more than the book said.. Everything seems easy when I listened to the lectures, but when I tried to solve the excercises it was difficult.. So maybe there can be more "if you have this kind of problem you should consider..." » (Adequate)
- Good tutor. Perhaps focus less on derivations of equations and more focus on how to use them.» (Good)
- The lecturer, Claes was a very good lecturer.» (Excellent)
- The examples hi did helped me undersatand the calculations» (Excellent)
- Teach us how to think in common sense to understand tough subjects in this course.» (Excellent)
- Clear and consistent. Easy to follow. Maybe it should have been even better with more examples on the board. » (Excellent)

14. What do you think of the lectures by Matthias Eng?

Poor»		1		2%
Fair»		4		11%
Adequate»		9		26%
Good»		15		44%
Excellent»		5		14%
Did not attend.»		18

Genomsnitt: 3.55

- I would say the teacher himself didn"t have in-depth knowledge about the subject. Very difficult to get the idea in his lectures. very poor project and exam. I would say I am not satisfied with the MVDA part of the course at all.» (Poor)
- Relies only on slides.» (Fair)
- was not at mush but it was okay what i saw...» (Fair)
- To much information, compressed» (Adequate)
- Perhaps more inspiring when tutoring.» (Adequate)
- We did not have any lecture with him...» (Did not attend.)

15. What do you think about the lectures by Carl Johan Franzen

Bad»		3		6%
Fair»		3		6%
Adequate»		10		22%
Good»		21		47%
Excellent»		7		15%
Did not attend»		8

Genomsnitt: 3.59

- He seems to be a very good teacher, but the lecture we had was poorly executed» (Bad)
- Too unstructured!» (Bad)
- Relies only on slides.» (Fair)
- The mathematic level seemed a bit high, so it was sometimes diffucult to understand.» (Adequate)
- hard to keep up with his pace, though he is a great lecturer!!» (Good)
- Next yaer, make sure to book a room big enough » (Good)
- Good but the hand-out was kind of messed up compared to the order in which he spoke about different subjects. » (Good)
- Jan is a very nice teacher,but the only trouble is the handouts on the blackboard which is somewhat hard to follow.» (Excellent)

16. This course was taught in English. How would you grade the teachers (lecture) ability to teach in English.

Very low»		1		1%
Low»		4		7%
Adequate»		8		15%
Good»		30		56%
Excellent»		10		18%

Genomsnitt: 3.83

- Specially Jan had a lot of problems in conveying his ideas to the students. Althought he is very knowledgeable about the material, but when he couldn"t convey them what"s the use of it???!!! this is the reason that I say Jan"s lectures are very poor, and most of the time you don"t understand anything, you just have to write whatever he writes on the board...!» (Very low)
- Both Claes and Calle speaks very good English, but Jan Rodmar"s English is really difficult to understand, even for me as a Swedish student. It must be even harder for the foreign students to understand the steps in the calculation classes. This problem lowers the overall rating of the course: if a course is given to foreign master students, it should have a higher quality in the English language. One hesitates to ask questions during lessons, when you don"t understand the answer. » (Low)
- Rodmar funkar bra när man ställer frågor till han öga mot öga. Men i en föreläsningsal har han inte riktigt kraften att nå ut.» (Low)
- It was impossible to hear what Jan Rodmar said under his lectures.» (Low)
- Man förstår (typ) vad de säger om man är svensk eftersom claes pratar svengelska. Det måste dock vara oerhört svårt för utländska mastersstudenter att lyckas luska ut vad han menar ibland.» (Low)
- I think claes was really good i english but the lecture teacher was a bit harder to understand..» (Adequate)
- Sort of difficult to hear Rodmar though.» (Good)
- The only one who was lacking was Jan Rodmar.» (Good)
- Most teachers were good, but it was quite hard to hear what Jan Rodmar was saying.» (Good)
- Most had good pronounciation and word language but Jan Rodmar was difficult to understand during exercise lectures. And these are very important for the exam.» (Good)
- The lectures were good, the exercises were a joke» (Excellent)

17. To what extent has the teaching been of help for your learning?

Small extent»		3		5%
Some extent»		18		33%
Large extent»		27		50%
Great extent»		5		9%

Genomsnitt: 2.64

18. To what extent has the the course literature and other material been of help for your learning?

Small extent»		0		0%
Some extent»		6		11%
Large extent»		24		45%
Great extent»		23		43%

Genomsnitt: 3.32

- Textbook very helpful. Also notes from exercise lectures.» (Large extent)
- Förvånansvärt bra bok pga bra exempel.» (Large extent)
- The textbook was good and the examples in it was very helpful.» (Large extent)
- The textbook covers, and helps alot.» (Great extent)
- Good examples in the book etc!» (Great extent)
- Väldigt bra. men tycker den är lite otydligt med att beskriva olika variabler i formler (n, m, p, k) Och kan vara väldigt babblig.» (Great extent)
- Väldigt bra textbok, mycket saker som kunde användas och hyffsat lättläst. Jag lärde mig nästan det mesta från boken och att räkna själv.» (Great extent)
- You only truly understand once you read the book.» (Great extent)
- I really like the book!» (Great extent)
- I would say the Book is great...I almost learnt everything from the book...» (Great extent)

19. What do you think about the tutorials/calculations?

Poor»		10		19%
Fair»		3		5%
Adequate»		7		13%
Good»		27		52%
Excellent»		4		7%

Genomsnitt: 3.23

- Gick aldrig på någon eftersom vi haft rodmar på en dator-föreläsning i åk 1 vilket avskräckt mig. Vet att jag ändå inte kommer att höra ett smack!» (?)
- good examples but too slow pace and very poor English.» (Poor)
- Overhead-bilder på datorlösningar är ingen bra metod att lära ut hur man gör beräkningarna. Tentagenomgången var inte heller bra, var endast en genombläddring av inscannade handskrivna lösningar på projektorn. Det var svårt att läsa på tavlan vad som skrevs och svårt att höra vad som sades.» (Poor)
- Jan is really bad, you can"t understand him and the assignments he takes up during the tutorial are bad. To ignore an opinion every student has and keep on having him is horrible» (Poor)
- Even though Jan Rodmar is very helpful it was very hard to hear and understand what he was saying during the exercises.» (Poor)
- The lectures were very good thought and I don"t want to point fingers but Jan Rodmars exercise lectures were not good it was very hard to understand what he said and what he wrote on the blackboard. I can imagine how difficult it was for the exchange students!!!» (Poor)
- Rodmar känns lite för gammal för detta. Och uppgifterna känns lite för stora. Det känns onödigt att behöva sitta och göra en uppgift som kräver 1-2 timmar beräkningar när man kan göra den mindre och fortfarande lära ut samma sak.» (Fair)
- Good structure, but sometimes hard to hear.» (Fair)
- they wasn"t fucused on the same things that came in the exam.» (Adequate)
- Sometimes hard to hear Jan but the solutions that he presented were good.» (Adequate)
- The teaching part was very good because I understood how he solved the problems. And it helped a lot when I solved other problems myself.» (Good)

20. How well did the course administration, web page, handouts etc work?

Poor»		0		0%
Fair»		1		1%
Adequate»		8		15%
Good»		32		61%
Excellent»		11		21%

Genomsnitt: 4.01

- Lite saker som delades ut las aldig upp på hemsidan. Så missade man den övningen/föreläsningen var det lite jobbigt.» (Adequate)
- Varför la ni inte upp några exepmeltentor med svar på kurshemsidan?! Det fanns ju på de gamla! » (Adequate)
- It was bad that not all of the solutions were available on the homepage» (Good)
- Great with handout during the lecture» (Good)
- would have been better if we could use the exercises in the book, or at least get better answers in the example material because at the moment the don´,t always give a full answer» (Good)
- Although the first lectures there weren"t enough handouts, so when I came a little late there were none left.» (Excellent)

21. What do you think about the optimization project?

22. How well do you think that the optimization project supports your learning about the course content?

Poor»		0		0%
Fair»		2		3%
Adequate»		5		9%
Good»		20		37%
Excellent»		23		43%
excellent»		3		5%

Genomsnitt: 4.37

- Jag har lagt alderles för mycket tid på projektet. Hade varit mer lärorikt att studera boken lite mer eftersom projektet bara täcker delar av kursinnehållet.» (Adequate)
- Man lärde sig nog inte så mycket som hjälpte mig att klara tentan. Men man fick en större förståelse för kursen och uppgiterna.» (Good)
- Really good assignment!» (Good)
- Väldigt bra, man lärde sig riktigt mycket.» (Excellent)
- Great! I got a lot more understanding for the course after the project. But maybe it took too much time. Some of that time could be used to calculate the problems in the compendium instead.» (Excellent)
- Even though it did not help very much with learning how to do the calculations, it was helpful to understand the practical use.» (Excellent)

23. How well do you think that the MVA (Multi Variate Analysis) project supports your learning about this subject?

50 svarande

Poor»		1		2%
Fair»		4		11%
Adequate»		9		26%
Good»		15		44%
Excellent»		5		14%
I have not done the MVA part»		16

Genomsnitt: 3.55

- it"s just to learn a program, not a technic. » (Fair)
- It was not a big part of the course.» (Adequate)
- I learned from the tutorial handout. I couldn"t do the project before I practiced the tutorial. So this project is good strategy to push us practicing» (Adequate)
- actually we have given too much time in optimization project but, very short period of time for MVDA.even though it contains some exam credits.so my opinion is that try to give more time to MVDA projects(equal distribution)» (Adequate)
- To get more understanding of this tools, more training should be given in the lecture as well as on hands on session (using the software).» (Good)
- It was fun, and the program was good and easy to use.» (Good)
- The MVDA examination was put on studieportalen before, i got the last time 10:45 so i could have cheated. » (Good)
- This knowledge is hard to acquire. The SIMCA programme is an excellent software. I suggest the multivariate analysis can be taught as a new subject on it"s own.» (Excellent)
- put this on mandatory for everyone.» (I have not done the MVA part)

Study climate

24. How were the opportunities for asking questions and getting help?

Very poor»		3		7%
Rather poor»		8		19%
Rather good»		13		31%
Very good»		17		41%
I did not seek help»		12

Genomsnitt: 3.07

- Very poor escpecially in the optimization project.» (Very poor)
- The optimization project was a nightmare when it comes to being able to ask questions.» (Very poor)
- Don"t get me wrong the teachers was very helpful and kind but on the optimization project you could sit and wait for help 2 hours easily, it was pretty much the same on the MVDA-project. More teachers are needed in both these projects!!!» (Very poor)
- Under projekttiden var det nästan omöjligt att få hjälp. Det är tur att Jan Rodmar ofta är tillgänglig på sitt kontor:)» (Rather poor)
- The only time to ask questions was in the break or just after a lecture/practice and often there were a long que of people who wanted help. So I think there should be some time set for "getting help", it could be a "question time" or a practice where the students could sit down and calculate and ask for help if they wanted. I think this would be appreciated, at least in the later "study weeks", perhaps lv5,6 and 7?» (Rather poor)
- During beginning of optimization project, tutors were too few and one had to wait very long time for assistance.» (Rather poor)
- It would be nice to know when to find Claes in his room! We were often going there with questions but found no note of where he was or when he would get back. he is a great teacher so we really missed having the opportunity to ask questions!» (Rather good)
- Sometimes hard to get time to ask after lecture because many students often want help» (Rather good)
- The problem is that..mostly there is only one teacher available for help..and some time we had to wait almost 2 hours.» (Rather good)

25. How well has cooperation between you and your fellow students worked?

Very poorly»		3		5%
Rather poorly»		3		5%
Rather well»		22		42%
Very well»		24		46%
I did not seek cooperation»		1

Genomsnitt: 3.28

- Let people choose their own groups. » (Rather poorly)
- » (Rather poorly)
- not with much of fellows but have good one with group mate.» (Rather well)
- As mentioned before sometimes you got to wait two hours to get help and we tried to ask fellow students but almost everyone were stuck on the same problem and we did not progress. More teachers are needed!!» (Rather well)

26. How was the course workload?

Too low»		0		0%
Low»		1		1%
Adequate»		21		40%
High»		23		44%
Too high»		7		13%

Genomsnitt: 3.69

- The mvda-project report felt unnecessary.» (Adequate)
- It was tough when we had two "projects" to work on at the same time (In KMB056 as well)» (Adequate)
- Min partner i projektet var bortrest två veckor vilket gjorde att jag var ensam och jag tyckte att detta var väldigt svårt. När han kom tillbaka hade vi väldigt få tillfällen kvar och då var det svårt att få hjälp eftersom folk var panikslagna och de in hann igenom listan.» (High)
- Hadn"t time to read in the book nore to calculate problems until the projects were handed in because the exchange students didn"t do much on the projcets so I had to do most of it my self. » (Too high)
- projektet tog för mycket tid. » (Too high)
- Alot of lessons and high pace so there were little time to catch up.» (Too high)
- I feel I had not enough time to catch whole materials in the textbook. But its so interesting to learn experimental design. » (Too high)

27. How was the total workload this study period?

Too low»		0		0%
Low»		1		1%
Adequate»		15		28%
High»		28		53%
Too high»		8		15%

Genomsnitt: 3.82

Summarizing questions

28. Level of course content presented in the course was:

too low»		2		3%
reasonable»		45		86%
too high»		5		9%

Genomsnitt: 2.05 (bidrar till totalt genomsnitt/jämförelseindex)

29. Do you think the course should cover more or fewer topics?

more»		4		7%
reasonable»		36		69%
fewer»		12		23%

Genomsnitt: 2.15 (bidrar till totalt genomsnitt/jämförelseindex)

- The later chapters of the book were very poorly covered, nevertheless you are expected to know just as much about them.» (more)
- Det är väldigt bra som det är nu.» (reasonable)
- Fewer topics and more calculations in the topics.» (fewer)
- EVOP, robust design and nested design are really interesting topics but were lost in the other, "bigger" topics such as ANOVA and factorial design. You had not the time to understand the smaller topics.» (fewer)
- Mixtures gicks igenom väldigt hastigt. Gjorde att det var svårt att räkna dem då de känns väldig komplicerade.» (fewer)
- A lot of the topics the teacher talks about is hard to administer to the calculations» (fewer)
- Maybe it will be better if there is another project to solve 1 or 2 problems in the textbook or others just to make sure that we can do the excercise. » (fewer)
- mvda doesn"t seem to be very useful. like, will i every use that program again? otherwise it"s useless. » (fewer)
- Two projects plus 2 exam are too much because course is just for 1 and half month and most of students take 2 courses so its very hard to manage.» (fewer)

30. Do you think the course content will be useful in your future career?

Not at all»		2		3%
Some of it»		6		11%
Probably»		18		33%
Definitely»		27		50%

Genomsnitt: 3.32

- Yes probably. It will nice to try.» (Probably)
- gave a new way of thinking!» (Definitely)
- Add a new dimension and new perspective to my future career.» (Definitely)
- Väldigt roligt med något som man direkt känner är väldigt praktiskt och applicerbart.» (Definitely)

31. What should definitely be preserved to next year?

32. What should definitely be changed to next year?

33. What is your general impression of the course?

Poor»		0		0%
Fair»		3		5%
Adequate»		8		15%
Good»		30		57%
Excellent»		11		21%

Genomsnitt: 3.94

- See question no. 1.» (?)
- The exchange students can"t write reports, I had a problem with "plagiat" in my group. Also almost no knowledge of MATLAB. In our group we had some communication problems because they were quite bad at english. The swedish group member had to do almost every thing with the reports and that effects the problem solving and reading and thereby maybe the exam results. » (Adequate)
- Btw, the exam is to big for even five hours. Cut it down!» (Adequate)
- I think this course would be very practical in my future career.» (Good)
- The best course I"ve ever taken.» (Excellent)
- It was fun and the project was a great application and made it more inspearing to learn more!» (Excellent)
- Excellent programme. Definitely a must attended course for all students. Congratulations!» (Excellent)
- Good stuff. :)» (Excellent)
- En av mina favoritkurser hittils!» (Excellent)
- This course improves my knowledge and gives me detailed information how to do or to analysize experimental data. » (Excellent)
- Its something new knowledge in chemical engineering field. Its great course but need to put an extra work to get an understanding in this course.» (Excellent)
Genomsnitt totalt för detta stycke: 2.1