Experiment Design Made Easy (3 days)

Day 1

Section 1—Two-Level Full Factorials

· DOE—It's a process

· Design construction

· Step-by-step analysis

· Advantage over one-factor-at-a-time (OFAT) approach

Lunch

Section 2—Enhancements for Full Factorials

· Review the two-level tutorial

· Explanation of power

· Explanation of outputs

· Multiple response optimization

· Replicated full factorial (with blocking)

· Factorial with center points

Section 3—Transformations

· Dangers of deleting outliers

Day 2

· Transformations

· Ball-bearing exercise

· Wave solder simulation

Section 4—Blocking and Fractionating Factorials

· How to set up optimal blocking

· Factors interacting versus factor interactions

Lunch

· Fractional factorials: Set-up and aliases

· "Planned Experimentation" video

· Homework assignment

Section 5—Further Fractionation

· Resolution V irregular fractions

· Minimum-run resolution V designs

· Screening in the presence of 2FIs

· Minimum-run resolution IV designs

· Ruggedness testing

Day 3

Section 6—General Factorial Design

· General factorial with replication

· Fractionating a general factorial

Section 7—Design Augmentation

· Full (all factors) foldover

Lunch

· One-factor foldover & semifold

· Better than augmentation

Section 8—Review and Overview

· Response surface overview

· Factorial with center points (revisited)

· Mixture design overview

· Homework review

See the public workshop schedule and the EDME course description for further information.