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Q172Section III (Statistics)172 of 190

As printed, the blocks split on the parity of {b,d}\{b,d\} — BD, not a listed effect

For a 242^4 factorial design with four treatments A, B, C, D each at two levels, the treatment combinations were allotted in two blocks of 8 plots each as below:

Block I1acacbdabdbcdabcdBlock IIbabbcabcdadcdacd\begin{array}{l|cccccccc} \text{Block I} & 1 & a & c & ac & bd & abd & bcd & abcd\\ \text{Block II} & b & ab & bc & abc & d & ad & cd & acd \end{array}

Hence the treatment combination which is confounded is:

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