Statistics and Probability with Applications for Engineers and Scientists Using MINITAB, R and JMP, 2nd Edition

Chapter 18The 2^k Factorial Designs

The focus of this chapter is the development of special experimental designs involving factors having two levels each.

Topics Covered

• The factorial designs
• The factorial designs
• Unreplicated factorial designs
• Blocking the factorial designs
• Confounding in the factorial designs
• Yates' algorithm for the factorial designs
• The fractional factorial designs
• One‐half replication of a factorial design
• One‐quarter replication of a factorial design

Learning Outcomes

After studying this chapter, the reader will be able to

• Design and conduct special kinds of experiments in engineering or other scientific fields involving two or more factors, when the factors ...