factorial design

collocation in English

meaningsoffactorialanddesign

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factorial
adjective
uk
/fækˈtɔː.ri.əl/
us
/fækˈtɔːr.i.əl/
relating to a factor (= a fact or situation that influences ...
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design
noun
uk
/dɪˈzaɪn/
us
/dɪˈzaɪn/
a drawing or set of drawings showing how a building or product is to be made and how it will work ...
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(Definition offactorialanddesignfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Where possible, afactorialdesignwas used, as is indicated in the text.
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In the present analysis, choices were framed to enforce realism, eliminating the possibility of using a fullfactorialdesignor a systematic fractionalfactorialdesign.
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Eight hundred patients were randomized to tocopherol/placebo or deprenyl/placebo, in a 2 2factorialdesign.
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One example was the trial of fluoxetine, placebo, and/or one or six counseling sessions (factorialdesign).
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A commonly used fractionalfactorialdesignis one where the attribute levels are uncorrelated (or orthogonal) (25).
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If specific attribute interactions need to be estimated, the fractionalfactorialdesigncan be modified to achieve this.
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This software produces a fractionalfactorialdesignthat ensures the absence of multicollinearity.
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The most common design for an experiment in which two or more independent variables are manipulated is called thefactorialdesign.
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Individual measurement occasions were used as response variables, with site and topographic position as factors in afactorialdesign.
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Hosts and plants were distributed in afactorialdesign(treated plantrtreated host) to obtain seven replicates of each combination.
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The experiment was a 2 x 3 x 3factorialdesignwith three replications.
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The essence of thefactorialdesignis the joint manipulation of two or more independent variables.
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The five attributes produced a fullfactorialdesignof 32 (hypothetical) alternative rehabilitation programs.
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In this study we compared four culture environments in a 2x2factorialdesign.
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In any experiment, especially those withfactorialdesign, it is sensible to measure the underlying biological process rather than its result.
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The experiment consisted of afactorialdesignof two soil types, two water treatments and two phosphorus fertilization treatments.
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Afactorialdesignwas conducted where replications, locations and years were treated as random factors.
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The experiment was a five-factor, one-halffactorialdesign.
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