Planning, construction, and statistical analysis of comparative experiments /

A valuable guide to conducting experiments and analyzing data across a wide range of applicationsExperimental design is an important component of the scientific method. This book provides guidance on planning efficient investigations. It compiles designs for a wide range of experimental situations n...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Giesbrecht, Francis G., 1935-
Other Authors: Gumpertz, Marcia L., 1952-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley-Interscience, ©2004.
Series:Wiley series in probability and statistics.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Completely Randomized Design
  • 3. Linear Models for Designed Experiments
  • 4. Testing Hypotheses and Determining Sample Size
  • 5. Methods of Reducing Unexplained Variation
  • 6. Latin Squares
  • 7. Split-Plot and Related Designs
  • 8. Incomplete Block Designs
  • 9. Repeated Treatments Designs
  • 10. Factorial Experiments: The 2[superscript N] System
  • 11. Factorial Experiments: The 3[superscript N] System
  • 12. Analysis of Experiments without Designed Error Terms
  • 13. Confounding Effects with Blocks
  • 14. Fractional Factorial Experiments
  • 15. Response Surface Designs
  • 16. Plackett
  • Burman Hadamard Plans
  • 17. General p[superscript N] and Nonstandard Factorials
  • 18. Plans for Which Run Order Is Important
  • 19. Sequences of Fractions of Factorials
  • 20. Factorial Experiments with Quantitative Factors: Blocking and Fractions
  • 21. Supersaturated Plans
  • 22. Multistage Experiments
  • 23. Orthogonal Arrays and Related Structures.