SEMESTER IV
PAPER VII: ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE AND DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS
Credit: 4 Theory
Course Outcome:
After completing this course a student will have:
Knowledge of the concept of Analysis of Variance (ANOVA).
Ability to carry out the ANOVA for One way and Two way Classification.
Ability to carry out the post-hoc analysis.
Knowledge of the concept of Design of experiment and its basic principles.
Ability to perform the basic symmetric designs CRD, RBD and LSD with and
without missing observations.
Knowledge of the concept of factorial experiments and their practical applications.
UNIT I
Analysis of Variance. One-way classification. Assumptions regarding model. Two-way
classification with equal number of observations per cell. Duncan’s multiple comparison test.
Analysis of covariance.
UNIT II
Principles of Design of experiments: Randomization, Replication and local control. Choice of
size and type of a plot using uniformity trials. CRD, Randomized block design. Concept and
definition of efficiency of design. Comparison of efficiency between CRD and RBD.
UNIT III
Latin square design, Lay-out, ANOVA table. Comparison of efficiencies between LSD and
RBD; LSD and CRD. Missing plot technique: estimation of missing plots by minimizing error
sum of squares in RBD and LSD with one or two missing observations.
UNIT IV
Factorial Experiments: general description of factorial experiments; 22, 23 and 2n factorial
experiments, definition of main effects and interactions in 22 and 23 factorial experiments.
Preparation of ANOVA by Yates procedure. Estimates and tests for main and interaction
effects (Analysis without confounding).
Suggested Readings:
1. Cochran, W. G. and Cox, G. M. (1957). Experimental Design. John Wiley & Sons,
New York.
2. Cochran, W.G. and Cox, G.M. (2003). Experimental Design, Asia Publishing House