An engineer is interested in the effects of cutting speed (A), tool geometry (B), and cutting angle (C) on the life (in hours) of a machine tool. Two levels of each are chosen, and three replicates of a 2323 factorial design are run. The results follow.
Replicate
A B C I II III
- - - 22 31 25
+ - - 32 43 29
- + - 35 34 50
+ + - 55 47 46
- - + 44 45 38
+ - + 40 37 36
- + + 60 50 54
+ + + 39 41 47
Estimate the factor effects. Which effects appear to be large?
Factorial experiment:
When the experimenter may be interested to check the effect of individual treatment levels, as well as the combination of different treatment levels, factorial experiments are used which take into account such cases. Factorial experiments are not a scheme of design like CRD, RBD, or LSD rather any of these designs can be carried out by a factorial experiment.
