In: Statistics and Probability
Question 3: Consider a 25 factorial design.
(a) How many factors and levels are considered in this factorial
experiment?
(b) Show all the 32 treatment combinations using a, b, c, d, and
e.
(c) Suppose you are not able to complete all 32 experiments in a
day but you believe 16 experiments can be done in a day. How many
blocks do you need under this situation?
(d) Revisiting part (c), which interaction effect would be
confounded with the blocks? Using the sign method, assign optimal
treatment combinations to each block.
(e) Revisiting part (c), now assign optimal treatment combinations
to each block by using the defining contrast method. Note that the
optimal treatment combinations you have found in parts (d) and (e)
should be the same.