IENG 514

Final Exam

Fall 2013

NAME: _______________________

Consider a 251 fractional factorial with the generator ABCDE.

a)
b)
c)
d)

Write down the defining relation for this design.

How many runs should this design have?
Enumerate all possible aliases/confounding effects for this design.
What is the resolution of this design? Why?

Consider a 252 fractional factorial with the generators ABD and BCE.
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)

Write down the defining relation for this design.

How many runs should this design have?
Enumerate all possible aliases/confounding effects for this design.
What is the resolution of this design? Why?
Construct the plus and minus signs table for the complementary fraction.

Consider the following 2 41 fractional factorial design used to study four factors in a chemical process.
The factors are A, B, C, and D, and the response is filtration rate. The design and the data are as follows:
Run
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8

+
+

+
+

+
+
+
+

D = ABC

+
+

Filtration Rate
45
100
45
65
75
60
80
96

a) Write down the alias relationships.

b) Estimate the factor effects. Which factor effects appear large?
c) Project this design into a full factorial in the three apparently important factors and provide a
practical interpretation of the results.

Use defining contrasts to construct a 23 design in four blocks with AB and BC confounded.

Consider the following 27III 4 design for both the principle and the complementary fractions:

Run
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8

a)
b)
c)
d)

The Principle Fraction

Treatment
Response
Combination
def
47
afg
9
beg
27
abd
13
cdg
16
ace
22
bcf
5
abcdefg
39

Run
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8

The Complementary Fraction

Treatment
Response
Combination
adcg
10
bcde
37
acdf
13
cefg
28
abef
28
bdfg
13
adeg
45
(1)
7

State the generators, defining relation, alias structure for each fraction.
Construct the full fold over design.
Estimate the effects for both fractions.
Assuming that the two fractions have been run separately, obtain the dealiased effects for the
main factors and the twofactor interactions together.

a)

d)

e)

f)