Example 17. One-Way Random-Effects ANOVA Model: Strength Data

The process engineer in a textile company suspects that there might be significant variations in strength of a fabric between looms in addition to the usual variation within samples of fabric from the same loom. Four looms are selected at random and four strength determinations are made from fabric on each loom. The data is shown below.

Source: Montgomery, D.C. (2001). The Design and Analysis of Experiments. John Wiley & Sons: New York.

Table 17: Strength Data

LoomsObservations
198 97 99 96
291 90 93 92
396 95 97 95
495 96 99 98

Questions:

  1. Do the looms differ significantly?

Keywords: One-factor model, random effects, variance components


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