ST 516 Experimental Statistics for Engineers II
Extending a 2k design
The 2k factorial design can detect main effects of factors and interactions among factors, at the selected levels of the factors. To predict what will happen at other levels of quantitative factors, we need a regression equation; e.g. for a model with main effects and two-factor interactions: y = β0 +
k
- j=1
βjxj +
i<j
βi,jxixj + ǫ. This model can be fitted using the 2k design, with xj the coded variable for factor j (always ±1).
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