EXERCISE

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1. Suppose you want to compare the growth of
flowers with different conditions of sunlight,
water, fertilizer and soil condition. Complete
step 1-3 for designing experiments!
2. Suppose you want to investigate the potential
factors affecting the process of cooking rice.
a) What would you use as response variable?
How would you measure the response?
b) List all of the potential sources of variability
that could impact the response!
c) Complete step 1-3 for designing experiments!

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An experimenter wants to know the factors that could affect the distance of tennis serve.
A 2^3 Factorial experiment is conducted with the results shown below. Calculate the
Main Effect of each factors and the 2 Factors interaction!
Racket
Type
Wilson
Prince
Wilson
Wilson
Prince
Wilson
Wilson
Prince
Prince
Prince
Prince
Wilson
Wilson
Prince
Prince
Wilson

Balls
Type
Dunlop
Wilson
Wilson
Dunlop
Dunlop
Wilson
Dunlop
Dunlop
Dunlop
Wilson
Dunlop
Dunlop
Wilson
Wilson
Wilson
Wilson

Handling
Position
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
2
1
1
2
1
2
2
1
1

Distance
(meter)
461
1000
740
928
1090
603
986
272
376
449
734
348
954
1021
381
906