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A 2 4 Factorial Experiment in Four Blocks of Eight: A Study in Radioactive Decontamination
Author(s) -
Barnett Martin K.,
Mead Frank C.
Publication year - 1956
Publication title -
journal of the royal statistical society: series c (applied statistics)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.205
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1467-9876
pISSN - 0035-9254
DOI - 10.2307/2985495
Subject(s) - human decontamination , factorial experiment , factorial , radiochemistry , environmental science , mathematics , nuclear engineering , waste management , statistics , engineering , chemistry , mathematical analysis
The exploration of complex practical situations is facilitated by the prosecution of carefully designed factorial experiments. Such experiments provide conclusions of maximum generality and reliability at minimum expense. The authors illustrate this by a study of the effect of variations in four operating factors on the efficiency of a decontamination process for removal of radioactivity from liquid wastes, and show how statistically significant interactions were explained by reasonable physico‐chemical mechanisms.