3.10 Latin Square Design
A Latin square design is an experimental design which uses two “blocking” variables to reduce experimental errors. It is an incomplete three-way analysis of variance model. Let \(A\) and \(B\) be blocking variables each with \(k-\) experimental units and \(T_1,T_2,\ldots ,T_k\) be the \(k-\) treatments.
| FACTOR \(A\) | \(B_1\) | \(B_2\) | \(B_3\) | \(\cdots \) | \(B_k\) |
| \(A_1\) | |||||
| \(A_2\) | |||||
| \(\vdots \) | |||||
| \(A_k\) | |||||
There are \(k^2\) experimental units. The treatments are randomly assigned to the \(k^2\) experimental units in such a way that each treatment appears once in each row and once in each column.
Example 3.10.1. If \(k=3\), then four possible Latin square design are
| \(B\) | |||
| \(A\) | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | \(T_1\) | \(T_2\) | \(T_3\) |
| 2 | \(T_2\) | \(T_3\) | \(T_1\) |
| 3 | \(T_3\) | \(T_1\) | \(T_2\) |
| \(A\) | \(B\) | ||
| \(T_1\) | \(T_3\) | \(T_2\) | |
| \(T_2\) | \(T_1\) | \(T_3\) | |
| \(T_3\) | \(T_2\) | \(T_1\) | |
| \(T_2\) | \(T_3\) | \(T_1\) |
| \(T_1\) | \(T_2\) | \(T_3\) |
| \(T_3\) | \(T_1\) | \(T_2\) |
| \(T_3\) | \(T_2\) | \(T_1\) |
| \(T_1\) | \(T_3\) | \(T_2\) |
| \(T_2\) | \(T_1\) | \(T_3\) |
The model \[Y_{ijl} = \mu + \alpha _i +\beta _j + \tau _l +e_{ijl}\] \[i=1,2,\ldots ,k\qquad j=1,2,\ldots ,k\qquad l=1,2,\ldots ,k\]
- \(\mu = \) Overall mean
- \(\alpha _i=\) Effect of the \(i^{\text {th}}\) level of factor \(A\).
- \(\beta _j = \) Effect of the \(j^{\text {th}}\) level of factor \(B\).
- \(\tau _l=\) Effect of the \(l^{\text {th}}\) treatments.
- \(Y_{ijl} = \) Observation for the \(i^{\text {th}}\) level of factor \(A\) and \(j^{\text {th}}\) level of factor \(B\) with the \(l^{\text {th}}\) treatment.
\[\sum \alpha _i = 0=\sum \beta _j=\sum \tau _l,\qquad \varepsilon _{ijl}\thicksim ^{iid}N(0,\sigma ^2)\]
Advantages of Latin Design
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- Allows greater reductions in variability of experimental errors.
- 2.
- Treatment effects can be studied using a small number of experimental units.
Disadvantages
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- The number of levels in each factor \((A\) and \(B)\) must be equal to the number of treatments.
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- The assumption of no interaction between either Factor and treatment, as well as no interaction between the two factors.
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- The randomisation is complex.
\begin {align*} Y_{ijl} - \overline {Y}... & = \overline {Y}_i..-\overline {Y}... + \overline {Y}._j.-\overline {Y}... + \overline {Y}.._l-\overline {Y}... + Y_{ijl}-\overline {Y}_i..-\overline {Y}_i..-\overline {Y}._j.-\overline {Y}..._l+2\overline {Y}... \end {align*}
\(\therefore \) squaring both sides and adding we get \begin {align*} SST & = \underbrace {SSA}_{SSR} + \underbrace {SSB}_{SSC} + SSTrt +SSE\\ K^2-1 & = K-1 + K-1 + K- 1 + (K-2)(K-1) \end {align*}
- \(SST =\displaystyle {\sum ^k_{i=1}\sum ^k_{j=1}\big (Y_{ij(l)}-\overline {Y}...\big )^2=\sum ^k_{i=1}\sum ^k_{j=1}Y^2_{ij(l)}-\frac {Y^2...}{k^2}}\)
- \(SSA = \displaystyle {k\sum ^k_{i=1}\big (\overline {Y}_i..-\overline {Y}...\big )^2=\sum ^k_{i=1}\frac {Y^2_i..}{k}-\frac {Y^2...}{k^2}}\)
- \(SSB = \displaystyle {k\sum ^k_{j=1}\big (\overline {Y}._j.-\overline {Y}...\big )^2=\sum ^k_{j=1}\frac {Y^2._j.}{k}-\frac {Y^2...}{k^2}}\)
- \(SSTrt = \displaystyle {k\sum ^k_{l=1}\big (\overline {Y}.._l-\overline {Y}...\big )^2=\sum ^k_{l=1}\frac {Y^2.._l}{k}-\frac {Y^2...}{k^2}}\)
\[SSE = SST - SSA - SSB - SSTrt\]
| Source of | SS | df | MS | F |
| Variation | ||||
| Factor \((A)\) | \(SSA\) | \(k-1\) | \(MSA\) | \(\frac {MSA}{MSE}\) |
| Rows | ||||
| Factor \((B)\) | \(SSB\) | \(k-1\) | \(MSB\) | \(\frac {MSB}{MSE}\) |
| Columns | ||||
| Treatments | \(SSTrt\) | \(k-1\) | \(MSTrt\) | \(\frac {MSTrt}{MSE}\) |
| Error | \(SSE\) | \((k-1)(k-1)\) | \(MSE\) | |
| Total | \(SST\) | \(k^2-1\) | ||
Example 3.10.2. An experiment was done on the effects of five different types of background music (Treatments \(T_1,\ldots )\) on productivity of bank tellers. A given type of music is played for one day and the productivity measured (observed). A day of the week and week of the experimental period are the two factors. (Blocking variables).
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- Test at \(\alpha = 0.05\) level of significance if there is effect on productivity by background of music.
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- Find \(95\%\) simultaneous C.Is for the five treatments.
- 3.
- Find \(95\%\) simultaneous C.Is for all the simple contrast using all the three methods, Bonferoni,
S-Method and Tukey’s method.
| Week | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | |
| 1 | \(18 (T_4)\) | \(17 (T_3)\) | \(14 (T_1)\) | \(21 (T_2)\) | \(17 (T_5)\) | |
| 2 | \(13 (T_3)\) | \(34 (T_2)\) | \(21 (T_5)\) | \(16 (T_1)\) | \(15 (T_4)\) | |
| 3 | \(7 (T_1) \) | \(20 (T_4)\) | \(32 (T_2)\) | \(27 (T_5)\) | \(13 (T_3)\) | |
| 4 | \(17 (T_5)\) | \(13 (T_1)\) | \(24 (T_3)\) | \(31 (T_4)\) | \(25 (T_2)\) | |
| 5 | \(21 (T_2)\) | \(26 (T_5)\) | \(26 (T_4)\) | \(31 (T_3)\) | \(7 (T_1)\) | |
\[Y_{ij(l)} = \mu +\alpha _i + \beta _j + e_{ij(l)}\] \[i=1,2,\ldots ,5\qquad j=1,2,\ldots ,5\qquad l=1,2,\ldots ,5\] \[\sum \alpha _i=\sum \beta _j=\sum \tau _i =0\]
| Week | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | \(i\) |
| 1 | \(87 = Y_1..\) | |||||
| 2 | \(99 = Y_2..\) | |||||
| 3 | \(108 = Y_3..\) | |||||
| 4 | \(110 = Y_4..\) | |||||
| 5 | \(111 = Y_5..\) | |||||
| \(j\) | 76 | 119 | 117 | 126 | 77 | |
| \(Y._1.\) | \(Y._2.\) | \(Y._3.\) | \(Y._4.\) | \(Y._5.\) |
\begin {align*} Row\qquad Y.._1 & = 14 + 16 + 7 + 13 + 7 = 57\qquad \overline {Y}.._1 = 11.4\\ Y.._2 & = 21 + 34 + 32 + 25 + 21 = 133\qquad \overline {Y}.._2=26.6\\ Y.._3 & = 17 + 13 + 13 + 24 + 31 = 98\qquad \overline {Y}.._3 = 19.6\\ Y.._4 & = 18 + 15 + 29 + 31 + 26 = 119\qquad \overline {Y}.._4=23.8\\ Y.._5 & = 17 + 21 + 27 + 17 + 26 = 108\qquad \overline {Y}.._5=21.6\\ Y... & = 515 \end {align*}
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\(f_{4,12}^{0.05}=3.26\)
Source of SS df MS F Variation Weeks 82.0 4 20.5 1.306 Days 477.2 4 119.3 7.60 Treatments 664.5 4 166.1 10.58 Type of Error 188.4 12 Total 1,412 24
- 2.
- \(95\%\) simultaneous C.Is. Five C.Is
Bonferroni: \(\frac {\alpha }{5}=\frac {0.05}{5}=0.01\)
\[\overline {Y}.._l \pm t_{0.01,12}\sqrt {\text {MSE}\,\times \frac {1}{5}}\qquad l=1,2,3,4,5\]
S-method \[\overline {Y}.._l\pm \sqrt {5f^{0.05}_{5,12}}\sqrt {\text {MSE}\,\times \frac {1}{5}}\qquad l=1,2,3,4,5\]
- 3.
- \(95\%\) simultaneous C.Is for a simple contrasts.
Bonferroni: \(\displaystyle {\binom {5}{2}=10}\) C.Is \[\frac {0.05}{10}=0.005\] \[\overline {Y}.._l-\overline {Y}.._{l'}\pm t_{0.0025,12}\sqrt {\text {MSE}\,\times \frac {2}{5}}\qquad l<l'\]
S-method \[\overline {Y}.._l-\overline {Y}.._{l'} \pm \sqrt {5 f_{5,12}^{0.05}}\sqrt {\text {MSE}\,\times \frac {2}{5}}\qquad l<l'\]
Tukey: \(\displaystyle {\overline {Y}.._l-\overline {Y}.._{l'}\pm q_{(0.95,5,12)}\sqrt {\text {MSE}}},\quad q_{0.95,5,12}=4.51\)
The estimates of the parameters in the ANOVA model \[Y_{ij} =\mu + \tau _i + \beta \big (X_{ij}-\overline {X}..\big ) +\varepsilon _{ij}\] \[\widehat {\mu } =\overline {Y}..\, , \quad \widehat {\tau }_j=\overline {Y}._j-\overline {Y}..\, ,\quad \widehat {\beta }=\frac {SSE_{XY}}{SSE_X}\] \[\widehat {\beta }=\frac {\displaystyle {\sum ^k_{j=1}\sum ^{n_j}_{i=1}\big (Y_{ij}-\overline {Y}._j\big )\big (X_{ij}-\overline {X}._j\big )}}{\displaystyle {\sum \sum \big (X_{ij}-\overline {X}._j\big )^2}}\] \[\widehat {\mu } = \overline {Y}._j-\widehat {\beta }\big (\overline {X}._j-\overline {X}..\big )\] \[adj\big (\overline {Y}._j\big ) = \overline {Y}._j - \widehat {\beta }\big (\overline {X}.j-\overline {X}..\big )\]
Simultaneous confidence intervals for treatment measures we use \(adj(\overline {Y}._j)\).
\(H_0:\beta = 0\) vs \(H_1: \beta \neq 0\), test statistic is given by \[F=\frac {\big (SSE_{XY}\big )^2}{SSE_{X}\big (MSE(adj)\big )}\thicksim f_{1,N-K-1}\quad \Bigg |\quad f_{1,v}=t^2_{\alpha }\] \[t_{\alpha } = \sqrt {f_{1,v}}\] \[T=\frac {SSE_{XY}}{\sqrt {SSE_X\big (MSE(adj)\big )}}\thicksim t_{N-K-1}\]
\(H_0:\beta >0\) vs \(H_a: \beta <0\)
| Machine 1 | Machine 2 | Machine 3 | |||
| \(X\) | \(Y\) | \(X\) | \(Y\) | \(X\) | \(Y\) |
| 20 | 36 | 22 | 40 | 21 | 35 |
| 25 | 41 | 28 | 48 | 23 | 37 |
| 24 | 39 | 22 | 39 | 26 | 42 |
| 25 | 42 | 30 | 45 | 21 | 34 |
| 32 | 49 | 28 | 44 | 15 | 32 |
| 126 | 207 | 130 | 216 | 106 | 180 |
| \(X._1\) | \(Y._1\) | \(X._2\) | \(Y._2\) | \(X._3\) | \(Y._3\) |
\[\overline {X}._1=\frac {126}{5}\]
- \(SST_Y = \displaystyle {\sum ^3_{j=1}\sum ^5_{i=1}\big (Y_{ij}-\overline {Y}..\big )^2=346.40}\)
- \(SSTrt_Y =\displaystyle { \sum ^3_{j=1}5\big (\overline {Y}._j-\overline {Y}..\big )^2=140.40}\)
- \(SSE_Y = SST_Y-SSTrt_Y=206.00\)
- \(SST_X = \displaystyle {\sum ^3_{j=1}\sum ^5_{i=1}\big (X_{ij}-\overline {X}..\big )^2=261.73}\)
- \(SSTrt_X = \displaystyle {\sum ^3_{j=1}5\big (\overline {X}._j-\overline {X}..\big )^2=66.13}\)
- \(SSE_X = SST_X - SSTrt_X = 195.60\)
- \(SST_{XY} =\displaystyle {\sum ^5_{i=1}\sum ^3_{j=1}\big (X_{ij}-\overline {X}..\big )\big (Y_{ij}-\overline {Y}..\big )=282.60}\)
- \(SSTrt_{XY} = \displaystyle {5\sum ^3_{j=1}\big (\overline {X}._j-\overline {X}..\big )\big (\overline {Y}._j-\overline {Y}..\big ) = 96.00}\)
- \(SSE_{XY} = SST_{XY}-SSTrt_{XY}=186.60\)
| Source | \(Y\) | \(X\) | \(XY\) |
| Treatments | 140.40 | 66.13 | 96.00 |
| \(SSTrt_Y\) | \(SSTrt_X\) | \(SSTrt_{XY}\) | |
| Error | 206.00 | 195.60 | 186.60 |
| \(SSE_Y\) | \(SSE_X\) | \(SSE_{XY}\) | |
| Total | 346.40 | 261.73 | 282.60 |
| \(SST_Y\) | \(SST_X\) | \(SST_{XY}\) | |
Wrong analysis (One- way Anova)
| Source | SS | df | MS | F |
| Treatment | 140.40 | 2 | 70.2 | 40.9 |
| Error | 206.00 | 12 | 17.2 | |
| Total | 346.40 | 14 | ||
\begin {align*} SST (adj) & = SST_Y - \frac {\big (SST_{XY}\big )^2}{SST_X}\\ & = 346.40-\frac {(282.40)^2}{261.73}\\ & = 41.27\\ \end {align*}
\begin {align*} SSE(adj) & = SSE_Y - \frac {\big (SSE_{XY}\big )^2}{SSE_X}\\ & = 206.00 - \frac {(186.60)^2}{195.60}\\ & = 27.99\\ \end {align*}
\[SSTrt(adj)= SST(adj)-SSE(adj)=13.208\]
| Source | SS | df | MS | F | |
| Treatment | 13.28 | 2 | 6.64 | 2.62, | \(f_{2,11}^{0.05}=3.98\) |
| Error | 27.99 | 11 | 2.54 | ||
| Total | 41.27 | 13 | |||
We fail to Reject \(H_0:\beta = 0\).
\begin {align*} F & = \frac {\big (SSE_{XY}\big )^2}{SSE_X\big (MSE(adj)\big )}\\ & = \frac {(186.60)^2}{(2.54)(195.60)}\\ & = 70.08 \end {align*}
\(\displaystyle {f^{0.05}_{1,11}=4.84.\qquad }\) Reject \(H_0\).
\[\widehat {\beta }=\frac {SSE_{XY}}{SSE_X}=\frac {186.60}{195.60}=0.954\]
The adjusted means are
\(\displaystyle {\overline {Y}._1=\frac {207}{5}=41.40}\,,\qquad \displaystyle {\overline {Y}._2=\frac {216}{5}=43.20}\,,\qquad \displaystyle {\overline {Y}._3=\frac {180}{5}=36}\)
\[\overline {Y}.. = 40.2\]
\[adj(\overline {Y}._j)=\overline {Y}._j-\widehat {\beta }\big (\overline {X}._j-\overline {X}..\big )\]
\(\overline {X}._1=25.20\,, \qquad \overline {X}._2=26.00\,,\qquad \overline {X}._3=21.20\) \[\overline {X}.. = 24.13\] \begin {align*} adj(\overline {Y}._1) & = 41.40 - 0.954(25.20-24.13)=40.38\\ adj(\overline {Y}._2) & = 43.20 - 0.954(26.00-24.13)=41.42\\ adj(\overline {Y}._3) & = 36.00 - 0.954(21.20-24.13)=38.80\\ \end {align*}
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