Lesson 5: Introduction to Factorial Designs

Introduction Section

Factorial designs are the basis for another important principle besides blocking - examining several factors simultaneously.  We will start by looking at just two factors and then generalize to more than two factors. Investigating multiple factors in the same design automatically gives us replication for each of the factors.

Objectives

Upon successful completion of this lesson, you should be able to identify:

  • Factorial Designs as among the most common experimental designs
  • Two factor Factorial Design and its extension to the General Factorial Designs
  • Sample size determination in Factorial Designs