Mixed Level Designs

The following is an excerpt on DOE designed experiment techniques from Six Sigma Demystified (2011, McGraw-Hill) by Paul Keller.

Mixed level design experiments have factors in which at least one factor has a count of levels which is different than another factor. For example, a 2-factor design in which one factor has 2 levels and another has 3 levels is a mixed level design; so is a design consisting of a 2-level factor, a 3-level factor and a 12 level factor. Mixed level design experiments are generated using Pseudo-factors

To determine the number of runs required to estimate each possible factor and interaction in a mixed-level design, multiply the number of runs calculated separately for each fixed-level case. For example, a design with five two-level factors and one three-level factor would require 25 x 31 = 32 x 3 = 96 runs. See Factorial Designs

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