An experiment was conducted to select the supplier of raw materials for production of a component. The breaking strength of the component was the objective of interest. Four suppliers were considered. The four operators can only produce one component each per day. A Latin square design was used.
A data frame with 16 observations on the following 4 variables.
The breaking strength of the component
the operator - a factor with levels op1
op2
op3
op4
the day of production -
a factor with levels day1
day2
day3
day4
the supplier of the raw material - a factor with
levels A
B
C
D