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Random blocks and Latin Differences between batches, Calculation of effects with... 

Although this direct method is more adequate for the given example, because the number of the values that are not available are smaller than the sum of rows and columns, the constant method has also been demonstrated for the case of comparison. It should be noted that both methods are generally used in two-way classification such as designs of completely randomized blocks, Latin squares, factorial experiments, etc. Once the values that are not available are estimated, the averages of individual blocks and factor levels are calculated and calculations by analysis of variance done. The degree of freedom is thereby counted only with respect to the number of experimental values. Results of analysis of variance for this example are... 

The design of experiment written in this form is a reconstructed Latin square design where one of the diagonals has been left out. Generally speaking, Youdens square is a symmetrically balanced incomplete random block where each factor level appears once and only once in each block position. 

Youdens square is always a Latin square where one or more columns (or rows or diagonals) have been left out however, the opposite is not true a Latin square where one or more columns (or rows or diagonals) have been left out is not always a Youdens square, for by leaving out columns from a Latin square the balance in design is lost. It is, however, possible to construct designs of Youdens squares from all symmetrical balanced random blocks [26]. Youdens squares have the same number of rows and levels of a researched factor but quite a different number of columns. 

Statistical experimental design is characterized by the three basic principles Replication, Randomization and Blocking (block division, planned grouping). Latin square design is especially useful to separate nonrandom variations from random effects which interfere with the former. An example may be the identification of (slightly) different samples, e.g. sorts of wine, by various testers and at several days. To separate the day-to-day and/or tester-to-tester (laboratory-to-laboratory) variations from that of the wine sorts, an m x m Latin square design may be used. In case of m = 3 all three wine samples (a, b, c) are tested be three testers at three days, e.g. in the way represented in Table 5.8 ... 

What is the relationship - Youden square designs Latin square designs balanced incomplete block designs randomized complete block designs ... 

Sample size and treatment choice are key design questions for general multifactor experiments. Authors have proposed the use of standard factorial experiments in completely randomized designs, block designs, or Latin squares (see, for example, Chapter 6 and Churchill, 2003). However, the unusual distribution of gene expression data makes one question the relevance of standard orthogonal factorial experiments in this context. 

This block design, in which each treatment appears once in each row and once in each column, is known as a Latin square. It allows the separation of the variation into the between-treatment, between-block, between-time-of-day and random experimental error components. More complex designs are possible which remove the constraint of equal numbers of blocks and treatments. If there are more than three blocks and treatments a number of Latin square designs are obviously possible (one can be chosen at random). Experimental designs of the types discussed so far are said to be cross-classified designs, as they provide for measurements for every possible combination of the factors. But in other cases (for example when samples are sent to different laboratories, and are analysed by two or more different experimenters in each laboratory) the designs are said to be nested or hierarchical, because the experimenters do not make measurements in laboratories other than their own. Mixtures between nested and cross-classified designs are also possible. 

Randomized Complete Block, Latin Square, Split Plot, and Other... 

If the experiment is planned in more detail than a randomized complete block design implies, it may be helpful to consider such designs as Latin squares, split plots, and others. These designs are not difficult to analyze and may, in certain instances, prove profitable. 

A covariance analysis may be performed on appropriate data for any of the standard designs that is, completely randomized, randomized complete block, Latin square, split plot, and so on. The technique is the... 

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