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Statistical Analysis Professor Lynne Stokes
Department of Statistical Science Lecture 13 Fractional Factorials Confounding, Aliases, Design Resolution,
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Pilot Plant Experiment
45 80 C2 Catalyst 52 83 54 68 C1 40 60 72 Concentration 20 160 180 Temperature
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Pilot Plant Experiment : Aliasing/Confounding with Operators
Complete Factorial : 1/2 Replicate for Each of 2 Operators 45 80 C2 Catalyst 52 83 Operator 1 Operator 2 54 68 C1 40 60 72 Concentration 20 160 180 Temperature
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Aliasing/Confounding of Effects : Pilot Plant Experiment
y = Constant + Main Effects + Interaction Effects + Operator Effect + Error M(Temp) = {180 Temp + Operator 2} - {160 Temp + Operator 1} = = 23.0 Does 23.0 Measure the Effect of Temperatures, Operators, or Both ? Main Effect for Operator Aliased with Main Effect for Temperature Aliases : Main Effect for Temperatures and Main Effect for Operators
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Aliasing/Confounding of Effects : Pilot Plant Experiment
y = Constant + Main Effects + Interaction Effects + Operator Effect + Error M(Temp) = {180 Temp + Operator 2} - {160 Temp + Operator 1} = = 23.0 M(Cat) = {Cat C2 + (Operator 1 + Operator 2)/2} - {Cat C1 + (Operator 1 + Operator 2)/2} = {Cat C2 – Cat C1} = = 1.5 Operator Effect Not Aliased with the Main Effect for Catalyst
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Effects Representations
Overall Average Includes Average Influences From All Sources Main Effect for Temperature Catalyst Effect
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Pilot Plant Experiment : Aliased Effects
Operator Effect Not Aliased Overall Average c’cD = 0 Main Effect for Temperature cT’cD = 2 Aliased Catalyst Effect cC’cD = 0 Not Aliased
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Aliasing / Confounding of Factor Effects
Factor effects are Aliased or Confounded when differences in average responses cannot uniquely be attributed to a single effect Factor effects are Aliased or Confounded when they are estimated by the same linear combination of response values Factor effects are Partially Aliased or Partially Confounded when they are estimated by nonorthogonal linear combinations of response values Unplanned confounding can result in loss of ability to evaluate important main effects and interactions Planned aliasing of unimportant interactions can enable the size of the experiment to be reduced while still enabling the estimation of important effects
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General Confounding Principle for 2k Balanced Factoral Experiments
Effects Representations Effect 1 = c1’y Effect 2 = c2’y Two Effects are Confounded or Aliased if Aliases : c1 = const x c2 Partial Aliases :
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Effects Representation for a Complete 23 Factorial
Lower Level = -1 Upper level = +1 Effect = c’y / Divisor y = Vector of Responses or Average Responses
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Aliasing with Operator
Same Alias if All Signs Reversed
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Aliasing with Operators
Better design for operator aliasing?
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Aliasing with Operators
Note: Operator effect is unconfounded with all effects except ABC; Good choice of contrast for aliasing with operators
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Summary Some designs have one or more factors aliased with one another
Sums of squares measure the same effect or partially measure the same effect The sums of squares are not statistically independent Determining Aliases If two-level factors, multiply effect contrasts If nonzero, the effects are partially aliased If one is a multiple of another, the effects are aliased
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Summary (con’t) Accommodation Eliminate one of the aliased effects
Leave all In but properly interpret analysis of variance results (to be discussed in subsequent classes)
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Two Types of Aliasing Fractional Factorials in
Completely Randomized Designs: Can’t Run All Combinations Distinguish Randomized Incomplete Block Designs : Insufficient Homogeneous Experimental Units or Homogeneous Test Conditions in Each Block – Must Include Combinations in Two or More Blocks
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Fractional Factorials
Pilot Plant Chemical Yield Study Temperature: 160, 180 oC Concentration: 20, 40 % Catalysts: 1, 2 Too costly to run all 8 combinations Must run fewer combinations
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Fractional Factorial Effect Partial Aliases Mean A, B, AB
A Mean, B, AB C AC, BC, ABC Ad-Hoc Fraction
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Half-Fraction Fractional Factorial
# Possible Combinations # Combinations in Design
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Poor Choice for a Fractional Factorial
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Poor Choice for a Fractional Factorial
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Good Choice for a Fractional Factorial
Notation Defining Equation (Contrast) The effect(s) aliased with the mean I = ABC Convention Designate the mean by I (Identity)
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Confounding Pattern Main effects only aliased with interactions
Defining Contrast I = ABC
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Design Resolution Resolution R
Effects involving s factors are unconfounded with effects involving fewer than R-s factors Resolution III (R = 3) Main Effects (s = 1) are unconfounded with other main effects (R - s = 2) Example : Half-Fraction of 23 (23-1)
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Design Resolution Resolution R
Effects involving s factors are unconfounded with effects involving fewer than R-s factors Resolution IV (R = 4) Main Effects (s = 1) are unconfounded with other main effects & two-factor interactions(R - s = 3) Two-factor interactions (s = 2) are unconfounded with main effects (R - s = 2); confounded with other two-factor interactions
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Confounding Pattern Resolution III
Main Effects (s = 1) unaliased with other main effects (R - s = 2)
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Importance of Design Resolution
Quickly identifies the overall structure of the confounding pattern A design of resolution R is a complete factorial in any R-1 or fewer factors
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B A C C B B A C A Figure 7.3 Projections of a half fraction of a three-factor complete factorial experiment (I=ABC).
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Pilot Plant Experiment : Half Fraction
45 80 C2 Catalyst 52 83 54 68 C1 I = ABC 40 60 72 Concentration 20 160 180 Temperature
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Pilot Plant Experiment : RIII is a Complete Factorial in any R-1 = 2 Factors
80 52 80 52 54 80 54 54 72 52 72 72 Catalyst Concentration Temperature
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Importance of Fractional Factorial Experiments
Design Efficiency Reduce the size of the experiment through intentional aliasing of relatively unimportant effects
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Effects Representation for a Complete 23 Factorial
Lower Level = -1 Upper level = +1 Effect = c’y / Divisor y = Vector of responses or average responses for the run numbers
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Designing a 1/2 Fraction of a 2k Complete Factorial
Resolution = k Write the effects representation for the main effects and the highest-order interaction for a complete factorial in k factors Randomly choose the +1 or -1 level for the highest-order interaction (defining contrast, defining equation) Eliminate all rows except those of the chosen level (+1 or -1) in the highest-order interaction Add randomly chosen repeat tests, if possible Randomize the test order or assignment to experimental units
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Resolution III Fractional Factorial
I = +ABC Defining Contrast
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Aliasing Pattern Write the defining equation (contrast) (I = Highest-order interaction) Symbolically multiply both sides of the defining equation by each of the other effects Reduce the right side of the equations: X x I = X X x X = X2 = I (powers mod(2) ) Defining Equation: I = ABC Aliases : A = AABC = BC B = ABBC = AC C = ABCC = AB Resolution = III (# factors in the defining contrast)
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Acid Plant Corrosion Rate Study
Factor Levels Raw-material feed rate 3000 pph 6000 pph Gas temperature 100 oC 200 oC Scrubber water 5% 20% Reactor-bed acid 30% Exit temperature 300 oC 360 oC Reactant distribution point East West 64 Combinations Cannot Test All Possible Combinations
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Acid Plant Corrosion Rate Study: Half Fraction
(I = - ABCDEF) RVI
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D E F A C B Figure 7.4 Half Fraction (RVI) of a 26 Experiment: I = -ABCDEF.
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Designing Higher-Order Fractions
Total number of factor-level combinations = 2k Experiment size desired = 2k/2p = 2k-p Choose p defining contrasts (equations) For each defining contrast randomly decide which level will be included in the design Select those combinations which simultaneously satisfy all the selected levels Add randomly selected repeat test runs Randomize
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Acid Plant Corrosion Rate Study: Half Fraction
(I = - ABCDEF) Half Fraction 26-1 RVI
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Acid Plant Corrosion Rate Study: Quarter Fractions
I = - ABCDEF & I = ABC Quarter Fraction 26-2
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Acid Plant Corrosion Rate Study: Quarter Fraction
(I = - ABCDEF = +ABC) Quarter Fraction 26-2
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F E C B A D Figure 7.5 Quarter fraction (RIII) of a 26 experiment: I = -ABCDEF = ABC (= -DEF).
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Acid Plant Corrosion Rate Study: Half Fraction
(I = - ABCDEF = +ABC = -DEF) Implicit Contrast -ABCDEF x ABC = -AABBCCDEF = -DEF
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Design Resolution for Fractional Factorials
Determine the p defining equations Determine the 2p - p - 1 implicit defining equations: symbolically multiply all of the defining equations Resolution = Smallest ‘Word’ length in the defining & implicit equations Each effect has 2p aliases
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26-2 Fractional Factorials : Confounding Pattern
Build From 1/4 Fraction RIII I = ABCDEF = ABC = DEF A = BCDEF = BC = ADEF B = ACDEF = AC = BDEF . . . (I + ABCDEF)(I + ABC) = I + ABCDEF + ABC + DEF Defining Contrasts Implicit Contrast
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26-2 Fractional Factorials : Confounding Pattern
Build From 1/2 Fraction RIII I = ABCDEF = ABC = DEF A = BCDEF = BC = ADEF B = ACDEF = AC = BDEF . . . Optimal 1/4 Fraction I = ABCD = CDEF = ABEF A = BCD = ACDEF = BEF B = ACD = BCDEF = AEF . . . RIV
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