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Cuestionario práctico, 7 questions
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A classmate of yours from Venezuela, Jesus, is planning on running a DOE
on a blown- lm machine. These machines are used to create a variety of
products such as garbage bags and shopping bags. You can watch his
video.
The outcome variable is the haze of the lm, "haziness". In the picture
below (from Wikipedia) you can see the lm is cloudy/hazy.
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Jesus is investigating 3 variables in his experiments: width, cooling rate

and lm thickness. He can change these settings fairly quickly, so it only
takes 30 minutes to obtain these ( ctitious) results. Imagine these are the
results of his experiment.
B=
A= C = Film y = Haze of
Cooling
width thickness the film
rate
narrow slow thick hazy
wide slow thin hazy
wide fast thick clear
narrow fast thin clear
narrow slow thin hazy
wide fast thin clear
wide slow thick hazy
narrow fast thick clear
What aspects has Jesus learned about this system from these quick
experiments? Select all the correct answers that apply..
Hint: draw a cube plot with the outcome added to it.
The cooling rate, in this instance, has the most impact on lm's
haziness.
Correcto
Correct!
The lm width has no e ect on the haziness.
Correcto
That's correct; there is no relationship from the lm's width to
haziness.
The lm's thickness, at least over the range from "thin" to

"thick", has a strong e ect on lm haziness.
Deseleccionado es lo correcto

There appears to be an interaction between lm width and
cooling rate.
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2.
The following prediction model was built from a full-factorial experiment

in 2 factors, with 2 levels per factor:
y = 7 + 3xA − 4xB + 2xA xB
The factors were:
Factor A = raw material supplier, where the low level is BASF; and the
high level is Dow Chemical Company
Factor B = melt temperature, with a low level of 320°C and high level of
340°C
and the y-value is the roughness of the plastic surface made from the
plastic. Your company is making glossy covers for a hi-tech consumer
product (e.g. imagine a cover for a cell phone) and is aiming to minimize
the surface roughness.
Photo by Redbean201258
Correctly identify the numeric value of the interaction term.
-4
+7
+3
+2
Correcto
Yes: this is the two-factor interaction term
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3.
In the following arbitrary experimental system:
Factor (A): Room temperature: with a low level (−) of 30 degrees; and a
high level (+) 40 degrees
Factor (B): Room humidity: low (−) 30%, and high (+) 50%
Write the real world value for temperature of 45 degrees as a coded

variable.
Hint: you can do this by intuition at the moment, but we will see this
helpful formula in a future class:
(real-world value) − (center point value)

coded variable value =
1
2 (range of the variable)
For example, a real-world value of humidity at 40% would be converted

to a coded value as:
(40%) − (40%)
coded humidity value = xB = = 0
1
2 (50% − 30%)
xA = 2
Correcto
The coded variable for room temperature is one coded point
beyond the high value.
xA = 0
xA = 1.5
xA = 1.75
xA = 1
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4.
A product developer for the Tiny Bubbles Toy Company designs an

experiment to optimize their bubble formula using two new soaps. Her
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to maximize the bubble duration; that is, how long the bubble7/7 points (100 %)
remains intact before breaking.
Photo byYi Chen
She varies the following factors:
Factor A: ratio of water to soap, either 10:1 (A−) or 12:1 (A+)
Factor B: type of soap, either soap P (B−) or soap Q (B+)
A full-factorial experiment produces the following prediction model:
y = 4.5 + 3xA − 1.75xB + 1xA xB
Calculate the estimate for the bubble duration, in seconds, when an 11:1
ratio of water to soap is used with soap P.
Your answer must have 2 decimal places.
6.25
Respuesta correcta
As an 11:1 ratio of water to soap is halfway between 10:1 (A−)
and 12:1(A+), it would have a coded value of 0. The coded value
of soap P is −1 . Entering those values into the prediction model:
^
y = 4.5 + 3(0) − 1.75(−1) + 1(0)(−1) = 4.5 + 1.75 = 6.25
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5.
[Thank you to prior students, Aniruddha and Ruby for the inspiration for
this question.]
The management team at a small international airport in Hamilton,
Canada designs an experiment to minimize airport wait times for
departures in order to encourage more people to y out of the airport. At
the same time, they want to do this in a cost-e ective manner by
determining which factor has the largest e ect and would be the best
area in which to invest in more personnel.
Because there is only one major airline that ies out of the airport and
accounts for most of the passenger tra c, they are able to vary the
following factors:
Factor C: number of personnel at check-in counter, 4 staff (C− ) or 6 staff

(C+ )
Factor K: number of personnel helping patrons use automatic check-in

kiosks, 1 staff (K− ) or 2 staff (K+ )
Factor S: number of lines open (i.e. personnel) at the security gate, 2 staff
(S− ) or 4 staff (S+ )
They run the experiment over a four hour period on the same day for 8
weeks. The outcome variables for the experiment are given in the cube
plot below, re ecting average wait times* in minutes:
*Wait time is de ned as the time from when a patron enters the check-in
counter line until they have passed through the security gates. Yes, we'll
leave the practicalities of how you would would actually measure that
aside for the sake of the example :-)
Select all options that correctly apply
The main e ect of C: when going from 4 sta to 6 sta , the wait
times decrease by 4.5 minutes on average.

The main e ect of C: when going from 4 sta to 6 sta , the wait
times decrease by 9 minutes on average.
Correcto
(32 − 40) + (38 − 46) + (46 − 52) + (42 − 56)
= −9
4
The main e ect of S, the number of security gate sta , shows

an average decrease of 5 minutes for each extra sta member.
Correcto
Yes, this e ect has an average value of −10 for going from 2 sta
to 4 sta . So on average, we would expect a −5 e ect for each
extra sta .
The main e ect of K, the kiosk sta , has the opposite e ect
expected: it increases wait times, rather than decreases them
as factor K increases.
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6.
Continuing on with the example from question 5: assume the prediction
model for the system is ^
y = 44 − 4.5xC − 1.5xK − 5xS (this model
ignores the small interaction terms).
Predict the average wait times in the airport when
5 staff at the check-in counter
1 staff helping at the automatic check-in kiosks,
4 staff at the security gates
Your answer should be a single numeric value (not an equation), and use
only 1 decimal place.
40.5
Respuesta correcta
The coding for this set of conditions is:
5 sta at the check-in counter: xC = 0
1 sta helping at the automatic check-in kiosks: xK = −1
4 sta at the security gates: xS = +1
so,
^
y = 44 − 4.5xC − 1.5xK − 5xS
^
y = 44 − 4.5(0) − 1.5(−1) − 5(1)
^
y = 44 + 0 + 1.5 − 5
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7.
We haven't yet talked about experiments with 3 levels in lecture, but
apply what you've learned so far to answer the question below:
If we have 3 levels for a factor A, and 3 levels for a factor B, how many
possible combinations (i.e. experiments) are required in a full,
unreplicated factorial?
3
3 = 27
3 + 3 = 6
2
3 = 9
Correcto
This is correct. The exponent "2" refers to the number of factors.
The base "3" refers to the number of levels.
3
2 = 8

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Ungraded practice quiz 2 7/7 points (100 %)

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Jesus is investigating 3 variables in his experiments: width, cooling rate

narrow slow thick hazy

wide slow thin hazy

wide fast thick clear

narrow fast thin clear

narrow slow thin hazy

wide fast thin clear

wide slow thick hazy

narrow fast thick clear

Hint: draw a cube plot with the outcome added to it.

The lm width has no e ect on the haziness.

The lm's thickness, at least over the range from "thin" to

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The following prediction model was built from a full-factorial experiment

The factors were:

Correctly identify the numeric value of the interaction term.

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Write the real world value for temperature of 45 degrees as a coded

(real-world value) − (center point value)

2 (range of the variable)

For example, a real-world value of humidity at 40% would be converted

A product developer for the Tiny Bubbles Toy Company designs an

Photo byYi Chen

She varies the following factors:

Factor A: ratio of water to soap, either 10:1 (A−) or 12:1 (A+)

Factor B: type of soap, either soap P (B−) or soap Q (B+)

A full-factorial experiment produces the following prediction model:

y = 4.5 + 3xA − 1.75xB + 1xA xB

Your answer must have 2 decimal places.

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Factor C: number of personnel at check-in counter, 4 staﬀ (C− ) or 6 staﬀ

Factor K: number of personnel helping patrons use automatic check-in

Select all options that correctly apply

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The main e ect of S, the number of security gate sta , shows

Predict the average wait times in the airport when

5 staﬀ at the check-in counter

1 staﬀ helping at the automatic check-in kiosks,

4 staﬀ at the security gates

5 sta at the check-in counter: xC = 0

1 sta helping at the automatic check-in kiosks: xK = −1

4 sta at the security gates: xS = +1

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