Single Factor Designs
Non-Statistics Potpourri
Experimental Design Basics
Nature
Statistics Potpourri
Books Adapted Into Great Movies
100
If we reject the above hypothesis, then this our preliminary conclusion drawn.
What is at least one treatment had an effect on the response?
100
In the U.S., this variation of bowling is only found in New England.
What is candlepin?
100
This is what is thought to influence the response and is purposely varied throughout the experiment.
What is an experimental factor?
100
This is the largest animal in the world and thought to be the largest ever to live on Earth.
What is the blue whale?
100
Sir Ronald Fisher pioneered the usage of controlled experiments in this field which led to coining the term "plot" to describe many types of experimental designs.
What is agriculture?
100
The 1972 movie adaptation of this novel about an American crime family in 1940's New York was the first movie to have its sequel also win an Oscar for Best Picture.
What is The Godfather?
200
When conducting a multiple comparison test, this is what is compared to the test statistic.
What is |\bary_i-\bary_j| where i\nej ?
200
"Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries" is a line from this movie released in 1975.
What is Monty Python and the Holy Grail?
200
This is the repetition of a treatment combination in the experiment.
What is replication?
200
These mammals are the only ones who are truly capable of flight.
What are bats?
200
If equal variances cannot be assumed, this is the test that should be used for multiple comparisons.
What is Fisher's LSD?
200
This novel, adapted to a movie in 1999, starring Brad Pitt and Edward Norton, had one rule: don't talk about...
What is Fight Club?
300
When checking the normality of residuals assumption, these are the best type of residuals to use.
What are studentized or externally studentized?
300
Despite its name, this type of cake, often paired with cream cheese frosting, includes cocoa as one of its main ingredients.
What is red velvet?
300
When adding this to a design, make sure to randomize and equally split the treatment combinations to ensure there is no risk of confounding.
What are blocks?
300
~85% of all plant life on Earth is found here.
What is the ocean?
300
Fill in the blank with the "?"
What are treatments on experimental units?
300
The title of this novel is not the monster.
What is Frankenstein?
400
This is the formula for SST.
What is \frac{1}{n}\sum_{i=1}^{a}y_{i.}^2-\frac{y_{..}}{N} or n\sum_{i=1}^{a}(\bary_{i.}-\bary_{..})^2 ?
400
During these witch trials, no one was actually burned at the stake.
What are the Salem Witch Trials?
400
This is the combination of experimental factor levels for which the response will be measured or observed.
What is the treatment?
400
This seabird has the largest wingspan of any living bird, with the largest recorded at 12 ft.
What is an albatross?
400
This method tests the homogeneity of variances when the data can be assumed to be normally distributed.
What is Barlett's Test?
400
This nonfiction book about the murders of members of the Osage tribe, which led to the creation of the FBI, was recently adapted into a lengthy movie in 2023, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Lily Gladstone.
What is Killers of the Flower Moon?
500
Given the following ANOVA table, this is the conclusion drawn relative to the treatment effect.
What is reject?
F=33.1>F_{0.05,4,25}=2.76
500
The equation F=ma is the foundation for this physics law.
What is Newton's Second Law of Motion?
500
y_(ij)=mu+tau_i+epsilon_(ij) is this model type.
What is a fixed effects model?
500
Apiculture is the raising and caring of these creatures.
What are bees?
500
The test statistic for Tukey's HSD is calculated using this formula.
What is T_\alpha=q_\alpha(a,f)\sqrt{\frac{MSE}{n}} ?
500
The first time a black female author won the Pulitzer prize was in 1983 for this novel, set in rural Georgia, which was then adapted into a movie in 1985, starring Oprah Winfrey and Whoopi Goldberg.
What is The Color Purple?