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We also consider extensions when more than a single blocking factor exists which takes us to Latin Squares and their generalizations. When we can utilize these ideal designs, which have nice simple structure, the analysis is still very simple, and the designs are quite efficient in terms of power and reducing the error variation. We cannot test the interaction factor and therefore require a non-statistical argument to justify ignoring the interaction. Since we have full control over which property we use for blocking the experimental units, we can often employ subject-matter knowledge to exclude interactions between our chosen blocking factor and the treatment factor. In our particular case, for example, it seems unlikely that the litter affects drugs differently, which justifies treating the litter-by-drug interaction as negligible.
Blocking (statistics)
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2.3 Contrasts
When the data are complete this analysis from GLM is correct and equivalent to the results from the two-way command in Minitab. What if the missing data point were from a very high measuring block? It would reduce the overall effect of that treatment, and the estimated treatment mean would be biased. Basic residual plots indicate that normality, constant variance assumptions are satisfied. Therefore, there seems to be no obvious problems with randomization. These plots provide more information about the constant variance assumption, and can reveal possible outliers.
Probability for Data Science
To this end, we arrange (or block) mice into groups of three and randomize the drugs separately within each group, such that each drug occurs once per group. Ideally, the variance between animals in the same group is much smaller than between animals in different groups. A common choice for blocking mice is by litter, since sibling mice often show more similar responses as compared to mice from different litters (Perrin 2014). Litter sizes are typically in the range of 5–7 animals in mice (Watt 1934), which would easily allow us to select three mice from each litter for our experiment. Latin Square Designs are probably not used as much as they should be - they are very efficient designs. In other words, these designs are used to simultaneously control (or eliminate) two sources of nuisance variability.
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Assign treatments to blocks
It typically deteriorates if the block size becomes too large, since experimental units then become more heterogeneous. A balanced incomplete block design allows blocking of simple treatment structures if only a subset of treatments can be accommodated in each block. The latin square design requires identical number of levels for the row and column factors.
Statistical Methods II
We can determine whether cell phone use has an effet on driving ability after controlling for driving experience. In randomized block design, the control technique is done through the design itself. First the researchers need to identify a potential control variable that most likely has an effect on the dependent variable. Researchers will group participants who are similar on this control variable together into blocks. This control variable is called a blocking variable in the randomized block design. The purpose of the randomized block design is to form groups that are homogeneous on the blocking variable, and thus can be compared with each other based on the independent variable.
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Each block then contains one full replicate of the factorial design, and the required block size rapidly increases with the number of factors and factor levels. In practice, only smaller factorials can be blocked by this method since heterogeneity between experimental units often increases with block size, diminishing the advantages of blocking. We discuss more sophisticated designs for blocking factorials that overcome this problem by using only a fraction of all treatment combinations per block in Chapter 9. Finally, we might use the same row and column factor levels in each replicate.
Missing Data
To improve the precision of treatment comparisons, we can reduce variability among the experimental units. We can group experimental units into blocks so that each block contains relatively homogeneous units. However it would be pretty sloppy to not do the analysis correctly because our blocking variable might be something we care about.
Use the viewlet below to walk through an initial analysis of the data (cow_diets.mwx | cow_diets.csv) for this experiment with cow diets. In this Latin Square we have each treatment occurring in each period. Even though Latin Square guarantees that treatment A occurs once in the first, second and third period, we don't have all sequences represented. It is important to have all sequences represented when doing clinical trials with drugs. If we only have two treatments, we will want to balance the experiment so that half the subjects get treatment A first, and the other half get treatment B first.
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In an RCBD, we can estimate any treatment contrast and all effects independently within each block, and then average over blocks. We can use the same intra-block analysis for a BIBD by estimating contrasts and effects based on those blocks that contain sufficient information and averaging over these blocks. We can see in the table below that the other blocking factor, cow, is also highly significant. The degrees of freedom for error grows very rapidly when you replicate Latin squares. But usually if you are using a Latin Square then you are probably not worried too much about this error.
With missing data or IBDs that are not orthogonal, even BIBD where orthogonality does not exist, the analysis requires us to use GLM which codes the data like we did previously. For an odd number of treatments, e.g. 3, 5, 7, etc., it requires two orthogonal Latin squares in order to achieve this level of balance. For even number of treatments, 4, 6, etc., you can accomplish this with a single square. This form of balance is denoted balanced for carryover (or residual) effects. For instance, we might do this experiment all in the same factory using the same machines and the same operators for these machines.
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