From grade school science fairs to undergraduate chemistry labs and beyond, our future researchers, scientists, and engineers are often not formally taught design of experiments (DOE) methods. Instead, they are typically told to use the “one-factor-at-a-time” (OFAT) approach. But OFAT has major disadvantages and will always be less efficient than DOE, requiring more time and effort for worse results. Clearly, “To DOE or not to DOE?” should not even be a question!

Join us to hear how a high school dirt biker learned that lesson by harnessing DOE to take his race performance to the next level. We show how, using JMP’s Easy DOE platform, he was able to realize the advantages of DOE without needing in-depth DOE knowledge. Then we advance beyond Easy DOE to JMP's Custom and Definitive Screening Designs, for flexibly accommodating constraints and special cases.

Come for the fast dirt bikes and stay to see that OFAT just can’t keep up and that DOE is always the right answer!