(a)
To identify the experimental units, the factors, the number of levels for each factor and the treatments.
(a)
Answer to Problem R4.6RE
The experimental units are the potatoes used in the experiment. The explanatory variables are storage time and time from slicing until cooking. There are six treatments: fresh picked and cooked immediately, fresh picked and cooked after an hour, stored at room temperature and cooked after an hour, stored at room temperature and cooked immediately, stored in refrigerator and cooked immediately and stored in refrigerator and cooked after an hour. The response variables are ratings of colour and flavour.
Explanation of Solution
Experimental units can include things like people, animals, or objects.
The explanatory variable is the one that is changed in order to see the effect on the response variable.
The experimental units are the potatoes used in the experiment. The explanatory variables are storage time and time from slicing until cooking. There are six treatments: fresh picked and cooked immediately, fresh picked and cooked after an hour, stored at room temperature and cooked after an hour, stored at room temperature and cooked immediately, stored in refrigerator and cooked immediately and stored in refrigerator and cooked after an hour. The response variables are ratings of colour and flavour.
(b)
To describe a completely randomized design for this experiment using
(b)
Explanation of Solution
Given:
In part (a), we determine that there were six treatments and thus we should assign
(c)
To describe a statistical benefit and a statistical drawback of using potatoes from only one supplier.
(c)
Explanation of Solution
The statistical benefit of using potatoes from only one supplier is that the
(d)
To describe how should they change the design of the experiment to account for the addition of the other suppliers.
(d)
Explanation of Solution
Use a randomized block design with regular potatoes in one block and sweet potatoes in another block. Randomly assign the six treatments for each block in the same way done in part (b).Blocking by type of potato ensures that results are not affected by differences potato type.
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