
c. Test at level .05 the null hypothesis H
0A
: a
1
¼
a
2
¼ a
3
¼ 0 (factor A main effects are absent)
against H
aA
: at least one a
i
6¼ 0.
d. Test H
0B
: b
1
¼ b
2
¼ b
3
¼ b
4
¼ 0 versus H
aB
:
at least one b
j
6¼ 0 using a level .05 test.
e. The values of the
x
i
’s were
x
1
¼
4010:88;
x
2
¼ 4029:10; and
x
3
¼ 3960:02.
Use Tukey’s procedure to investigate signifi-
cant differences among the three curing times.
50. The article “Towards Improving the Properties of
Plaster Moulds and Castings” (J. Engrg. Manuf.,
1991: 265–269) describes several ANOVAs car-
ried out to study how the amount of carbon fiber
and sand additions affect various characteristics of
the molding process. Here we give data on casting
hardness and on wet-mold strength.
Sand
Addition
(%)
Carbon
Fiber
Addition
(%)
Casting
Hardness
Wet-
Mold
Strength
0 0 61.0 34.0
0 0 63.0 16.0
15 0 67.0 36.0
15 0 69.0 19.0
30 0 65.0 28.0
30 0 74.0 17.0
0 .25 69.0 49.0
0 .25 69.0 48.0
15 .25 69.0 43.0
15 .25 74.0 29.0
30 .25 74.0 31.0
30 .25 72.0 24.0
0 .50 67.0 55.0
0 .50 69.0 60.0
15 .50 69.0 45.0
15 .50 74.0 43.0
30 .50 74.0 22.0
30 .50 74.0 48.0
a. An ANOVA for wet-mold strength gives
SSSand ¼ 705, SSFiber ¼ 1278, SSE ¼ 843,
and SST ¼ 3105. Test for the presence of any
effects using a ¼ .05.
b. Carry out an ANOVA on the casting hardness
observations using a ¼ .05.
c. Make an interaction plot with sand percentage
on the horizontal axis, and discuss the results of
part (b) in terms of what the plot shows.
51. The accompanying data resulted from an
experiment to investigate whether yield from a
chemical process depended either on the formula-
tion of a particular input or on mixer speed.
Speed
60 70 80
189.7 185.1 189.0
1 188.6 179.4 193.0
Formulation 190.1 177.3 191.1
165.1 161.7 163.3
2 165.9 159.8 166.6
167.6 161.6 170.3
A statistical computer package gave SS(Form) ¼
2253.44, SS(Speed) ¼ 230.81, SS(Form*Speed)
¼ 18.58, and SSE ¼ 71.87.
a. Does there appear to be interaction between the
factors?
b. Does yield appear to depend on either formu-
lation or speed?
c. Calculate estimates of the main effects.
d. Verify that the residuals are 0.23,0.87, 0.63,
4.50,1.20,3.30,2.03,1.97,0.07,1.10,
0.30,1.40,0 .67,1.23,0.57,3.43,0.13,
3.57.
e. Construct a normal plot from the residuals
given in part (d). Do the e
ijk
’s appear to be
normally distributed?
f. Plot the residuals against the predicted values
(cell means) to see if the population variance
appears reasonably constant.
52. In an experiment to investigate the effect of “cement
factor” (number of sacks of cement per cubic yard)
on flexural strength of the resulting concrete (“Stud-
ies of Flexural Strength of Concrete. Part 3: Effects
of Variation in Testing Procedure,” Proceedings
ASTM, 1957: 1127–1139), I ¼ 3 different factor
values were used, J ¼ 5differentbatchesofcement
were selected, and K ¼ 2 beams were cast from
each cement factor/batch combination. Summary
values include
PPP
x
2
ijk
¼ 12;280;103,
PP
x
2
ij
¼ 24;529;699,
P
x
2
i
¼ 122;380;901,
P
x
2
j
¼ 73;427;483, and x
¼ 19;143.
a. Construct the ANOVA table.
b. Assuming a mixed model with cement factor
(A) fixed and batches (B) random, test the three
pairs of hypotheses of interest at level .05.
53. A study was carried out to compare the writing
lifetimes of four premium brands of pens. It was
thought that the writing surface might affect life-
time, so three different surfaces were randomly
selected. A writing machine was used to ensure
that conditions were otherwise homogeneous
11.5 Two-Factor ANOVA with K
ij
> 1 607