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Whether the population exists in an experimental study?

In my oral exam one of my teachers asked whether the population exists in an experimental study. I answered: "Yes. the population exists in an ...
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How do I write sum of squares and degrees of freedom for multiple Latin squares put together?

I have notes from my professor in which a Latin square model ($s$ treatments in an $s \times s$ square) is described as follows: \begin{align*} Y_{ijk} &= \mu + \alpha_i + \beta_j + \gamma_k + \...
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Unbiased Estimator for Mean Response to Treatment

$\newcommand{\eps}{\varepsilon}\newcommand{\szdp}[1]{\!\left(#1\right)}$ Problem Statement: Consider the following model for the responses measured in a randomized block design containing $b$ blocks ...
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Variance of effects in $2^kr$ factorial design

I'm working through The Art of Computer Systems Performance Analysis, a statistics book focused on analyzing computer performance, and I don't follow the logic for computing the variation of effects ...
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How do you "control" for a factor/variable?

To my understanding, "Control" can have two meanings in statistics. Control group: In an experiment, no treatment is given to the member of the control group. Ex: Placebo vs Drug: You give drugs to ...
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How can I test whether an individual treatment mean significant or not?

Suppose by complete randomization design, I reach into a decision that there is at least difference between two treatment means. That is, my hypothesis is $$H_o:\mu_1=\mu_2=\mu_3=\mu_4=\mu_5$$ $$...
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Tukey's Test or LSD Fisher

I'm trying to solve the above exercise, but my question begins with which test should I choose: Tukey test or Fisher's LSD? I read several things and still can not tell the difference between the two ...
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What is the difference between "Unweighted", "Weighted" and "Least Squares" Means?

These concepts have always confused me. In terms of DOE, I think the problem arises when the design is "unbalanced". So, what are their differences? Why do you choose one over the other/reasons? In ...
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$2^{5-2}$ Design : Alias Structure

$2^{5-2}$ Design Design Generators: $D=AB\quad E=AC$ Defining Relation: $I=ABD=ACE=BCDE$ $$\text{Aliases}$$ $$A=BD=CE=ABDE$$ $$B=AD=ABCE=CDE$$ $$C=ABCD=AE=BDE$$ $$D=AB=ACDE=BCE$$ $$E=ABDE=AC=BCD$$...
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Difference between Research Design and Experimental Design

What is the difference between Research Design and Experimental Design? I can't see any difference. Both of them need to establish Causality. Both of them are the arrangement for collection and ...
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Design of Experiments

Suppose a dermatologist wants to study the effectiveness of two different preparations of a skin lotion using two different forms of application, such as one versus two applications per day. She has $...
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Tukey test in factorial experiment

Use Tukey's test to determine which levels of the pressure factor are significantly different for the data. I already did the anova table My question is when making comparisons in Tukey test,...
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Do the different levels of treatment in a completely randomized design come from different population?

Suppose in a completely randomized design , a treatment A have four levels. When we check whether the means of four levels are statistically significant ,i.e., $$H_0:\mu_1=\mu_2=\mu_3=\mu_4$$ $$\text{...
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Is Randomized Complete Block Design a two-way anova?

Isn't Randomized Complete Block Design a two-way anova ? Can it be one-way ? As far i understand, since there is treatment effect and also block effect in RCBD, it is two-way anova. But can it be ...
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Fractional Factorial Design with Highest Resolution

In the book Design and Analysis of Experiments by Douglas C. Montgomery , it is written that We usually like to employ fractional designs that have the highest ...
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Fractional Factorial Design

In a $2^5$ design, it is believed that only the main effects $(A,B,C,D, E)$ and $AB,AC$ interaction effects are non-zero. I need to construct a fractional factorial with minimum number of runs which ...
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Should I use ANOVA to analyse this experiment?

We performed an experiment on bacterial growth whereby optical density was recorded for three flasks of E. coli bacteria every 30 minutes for 4 hours. 2 flasks upon the 2 hour mark were inoculated ...