Split-plot Designs
Split-plot designs result when a particular type of restricted randomization has occurred during the experiment. A simple factorial experiment can result in a split-plot type of design because of the way the experiment was actually executed.
In many industrial experiments, three situations often occur:
- some of the factors of interest may be 'hard to vary' while the remaining factors are easy to vary. As a result, the order in which the treatment combinations for the experiment are run is determined by the ordering of these 'hard-to-vary' factors
- experimental units are processed together as a batch for one or more of the factors in a particular treatment combination
- experimental units are processed individually, one right after the other, for the same treatment combination without resetting the factor settings for that treatment combination.
Read more about this topic: Restricted Randomization
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