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Plackett-Burman Design
This example validates the calculation of a Plackett-Burman design in Weibull++.
Reference Case
The data are from Example 8-8 on page 346 in the book Design and Analysis of Experiments by Douglas C. Montgomery, John Wiley & Sons, 2001.
Data
Run
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
J
K
L
Response
1
-1
1
1
1
-1
-1
-1
1
-1
1
1
220
2
-1
1
1
-1
1
1
1
-1
-1
-1
1
207
3
-1
-1
1
-1
1
1
-1
1
1
1
-1
175
4
1
1
-1
-1
-1
1
-1
1
1
-1
1
185
5
-1
1
-1
1
1
-1
1
1
1
-1
-1
217
6
1
-1
1
1
1
-1
-1
-1
1
-1
1
229
7
1
-1
-1
-1
1
-1
1
1
-1
1
1
183
8
1
1
-1
1
1
1
-1
-1
-1
1
-1
231
9
1
-1
1
1
-1
1
1
1
-1
-1
-1
230
10
-1
-1
-1
-1
-1
-1
-1
-1
-1
-1
-1
168
11
-1
-1
-1
1
-1
1
1
-1
1
1
1
176
12
1
1
1
-1
-1
-1
1
-1
1
1
-1
181
Result
From the book the ANOVA table is:
Variable
Regression Coefficient
Sum of Square
Overall Average
200.167
A
6.333
481.333
B
6.667
533.333
C
6.833
560.333
D
17.000
3468.000
E
6.833
560.333
F
0.500
3.000
G
-1.167
16.333
H
1.500
27.000
J
-6.333
481.333
K
-5.833
408.333
J
-0.167
0.333
Results in DOE++
The software results match the book results. The ANOVA table is:
The final equation in terms of the actual factors is: