232CHAPTER 8Design of experiments: a key to innovation in nanotechnology
very important in experimental analysis because it is required to have a valid
estimation of random error
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Local control or blocking is a technique that is used to segregate an uncontrolled
but known variation in an experiment not associated with the treatment effect.
The blocking should be designed to have maximum variation among blocks
(heterogeneous between blocks) but to have minimum variation with blocks
(homogeneous within blocks).
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Replication refers to the replication of a treatment combination. It is needed for
a specic degree of precision for measuring ...
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