Requirements of the experiment

João Gilberto Corrêa da Silva *

Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, RS, Brazil.
 
Review Article
World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2024, 22(02), 405–423
Article DOI: 10.30574/wjarr.2024.22.2.1311
 
Publication history: 
Received on 20 March 2024; revised on 03 May 2024; accepted on 06 May 2024
 
Abstract: 
The purpose of the experiment is to derive inferences about the causal effects of a subset of the characteristics of the units of a target population (explanatory characteristics - treatment factors) on characteristics that express the performance of these units (response characteristics). To achieve this objective, the effects of the treatment factors in the sample must manifest themselves as in the target population. This attempt requires the construction of a valid and representative sample of the target population. It is achieved if the experiment plan and its execution satisfy the experiment requirements. These requirements are considered in this article.
 
Keywords: 
Experiment plan; Estimation of errors affecting effects of treatment factors; Precision; Internal validity; External validity; Simplicity; Manifestation of the effects of treatments; Prediction of statistical inference procedures; Inference uncertainty measures.
 
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