Taguchi Exercise

Class Exercise
Time Limit : 45 mins
• Objective: To design and analyze a fractional factorial experiment
using Minitab
• Output Variable: Taste Level (Higher Is Better)
• Inputs:
• Oak Type (A) Allier, Troncais
• Stems (B) None, All
• Barrel Toast ( C) Light Medium
• Temperature (D) 75 , 92
• Age of Barrel (E) Old, New
• The interaction AB, CD is important.
• Use Minitab to setup the design matrix

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Add the Data and analyse.
• The experiment has been performed and the data
is below. Add it to your worksheet.
Run 1 56 54
Run 2 53 52
Run 3 63 65
Run 4 65 63
Run 5 53 55
Run 6 55 57
Run 7 67 69
Run 8 61 59
Run 9 69 71
Run 10 45 48
Run 11 78 79
Run 12 93 94
Run 13 49 51
Run 14 60 61
Run 15 95 97
Run 16 82 85
Analyse the data and present. Time limit 45 mins 3