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Experimental Design: Design of Experiment Research Design / Blueprint Data Collection Process

An experimental design outlines the systematic process for conducting an experiment under controlled conditions. It includes clearly defining the research problem, determining what data needs to be collected, developing a strategy for collection, establishing experimental and control groups, planning for data analysis, and creating a budget and timeline. Key aspects of an experimental design are identifying factors that could influence outcomes, setting levels for each factor, structuring experimental runs, and accounting for measurement error and interactions between factors. The goal is to minimize costs and risks while gaining accurate and reliable insights into whether a hypothesis is supported or a problem can be addressed.

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Experimental Design: Design of Experiment Research Design / Blueprint Data Collection Process

An experimental design outlines the systematic process for conducting an experiment under controlled conditions. It includes clearly defining the research problem, determining what data needs to be collected, developing a strategy for collection, establishing experimental and control groups, planning for data analysis, and creating a budget and timeline. Key aspects of an experimental design are identifying factors that could influence outcomes, setting levels for each factor, structuring experimental runs, and accounting for measurement error and interactions between factors. The goal is to minimize costs and risks while gaining accurate and reliable insights into whether a hypothesis is supported or a problem can be addressed.

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Experimental design

Design of experiment
Research design / blueprint
Data Collection Process
Experiment
• The systematic procedure carried out under
controlled conditions in order to discover an
unknown effect, to test or establish a hypothesis, or
to illustrate a known effect
• Conceptual structure within which research is to be
conducted
Purpose
• Minimize costs
• Reduce setup time
• Avoid late design changes
• Reduce labor and material complexity
• To make sure moving in the correct direction
• To stay within available / limited skills
• Accuracy and reliability
Contents
• Clear statement of research problem
• Data / information necessary for research
• Strategy for data collection
• Experimental and control groups
• Plan for data analysis
• Time and cost budget for data collection and
analysis
Data
• Factors (cause-effect)
- controllable variables
- uncontrollable variables
- extraneous variables / Noise
• Levels
Settings of each factor
• Structure & layout of experimental runs
- Capable measurement system
(Measurable variables / Assessable attributes)
- Stable process
Be careful
• Measurement error (not mistake)
• Unexplained variation
• Settings to reduce effect of noise factors
• Combined effects or interaction of factors
• Causation and correlation
Exploratory / Formulative study
• Broadly defined problem transforms into meaningful
problem
• Flexible design to provide opportunity to consider
different aspects
• Methods:
• Survey of literature
• Experience survey
• Analysis of insight simulating examples
Descriptive / Diagnostic study
• Rigid design
• Protection against bias
• Maximize reliability
• Clear definition of population
• Sample design
• Methods:
• Observation
• Questionnaires
• Interviews
• Examination of records
Experimental study
• Principle of replication
• Principle of randomization
• Principle of local control
• Designs
• Informal (before and after without control, after only with control,
before and after with control)
• Formal (completely randomized, randomized block, latin square,
factorial)

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