Experiment Design Made Easy (2 days)

Day 1

Section 1—Introduction to Factorial Design

• Brief description of factorial design
  • The factorial design planning process
• Basics of factorial design: Microwave popcorn
  • Multiple response optimization

Lunch

Section 2—Enhancements for Full Factorials

• Replicated 2³ full factorial
  • Explanation of power
• 2⁴ full factorial (filtration rate)

  Section 3—Blocking and Fractionating Factorials

• How to setup optimal blocking
  • Factors interacting versus factor interactions
• Fractional factorials: set up & aliases
• Characterization: Minimum run resolution V designs

Day 2

Section 4—Transformations

• Dangers of deleting outliers
• Transformations
• Ball bearing exercise
• Injection Molding case

Section 5—General Factorial Design

• General factorial with replication
• Fractionating a general factorial

Lunch

Section 6—Strategy of Experimentation

• Screening in the Presence of 2FIs
• Transition to characterization design
• Transition to RSM design
• Design Selection Summary

Section 7—Overview and Homework

• Mixture design overview
• Optional exercise (as time allows)
  • Verification/Ruggedness testing
  • Homework review

See the public workshop schedule and the EDME course description for further information.