William Faul

Professor Joshi/Jared May

IET 421
12 March, 2016
Homework #6
1) a)
Source
A
B
Interaction
Error
Total

DF
1
3
3
8
15

SS
0.0002
180.378
8.479
158.797
347.653

MS
0.0002
60.1260
2.8263
19.8496

F
0.00001
3.02907
0.14239

P
0.998
0.093
0.932

b) 4 levels
c) 2 replicates
d) Factor A and the two-factor interaction are not significant. Factor B is moderately
significant with a 0.93 p-value.
2) Analysis of variance
Source
Block
A
Residual
Total

DF
3
2
6
11

SS
1106.92
703.50
51.83
1862.25

MS
368.97
351.75
8.64

40.72

0.0003

The F-value of 40.72 tells us that the model is significant and that there is only a 0.03% chance
Solution

1
2

Estimated mean

23.00
25.25

Standard Error

1.47
1.47

3
8.00
1.47
There is a difference between the means of the three solutions. A Fisher LSD model would tell us
that solution 3 is significantly different than the other two.