Example of Analyze Definitive Screening Design

Engineers are developing a new ultrasonic cleaner. The engineers use a screening design to determine which potential factors affect the output power for the cleaner.

One of the engineers analyzes a definitive screening design to determine which of 7 factors have the greatest effect on the power output. Power output needs to be high enough to clean adequately. At the same time, power output needs to be low enough to clean without damaging the items.

  1. Open the sample data, ultrasonic_cleaner.MTW.
  2. Choose Stat > DOE > Screening > Analyze Screening Design.
  3. In Responses, enter Power.
  4. Click Terms.
  5. In Include the following terms, choose Linear. Click OK.
  6. Click Graphs.
  7. Under Residual Plots, select Four in one.
  8. Check Residuals versus variables. Enter Quiet and Sweep.
  9. Click OK in each dialog box.

Interpret the results

In the Pareto chart, the engineer sees that the largest main effects are for Train (A) and Quiet (D). From the screening experiment, the engineer concludes that these two factors deserve the most consideration for further analysis.

The residual versus fits plot shows a U-shaped curve. This pattern is an indication that the model could be missing square terms or interactions. The plots of the residuals against Quiet and Sweep show curves also. In the exploration of potential models, the engineer decides to consider the square terms for these factors.

Coded Coefficients

TermCoefSE CoefT-ValueP-ValueVIF
Constant657.812.453.220.000 
Train52.413.63.850.0041.00
Degas0.913.60.070.9491.00
Burst8.613.60.630.5421.00
Quiet-39.613.6-2.910.0171.00
Center-2.413.6-0.170.8661.00
Bandwidth3.513.60.260.8031.00
Sweep2.813.60.210.8391.00

Model Summary

SR-sqR-sq(adj)R-sq(pred)
50.963472.56%51.21%4.50%

Analysis of Variance

SourceDFAdj SSAdj MSF-ValueP-Value
Model761803.78829.13.400.046
  Linear761803.78829.13.400.046
    Train138451.138451.114.800.004
    Degas111.211.20.000.949
    Burst11040.61040.60.400.542
    Quiet121938.421938.48.450.017
    Center177.877.80.030.866
    Bandwidth1171.5171.50.070.803
    Sweep1113.1113.10.040.839
Error923375.42597.3   
Total1685179.2     

Regression Equation in Uncoded Units

Power=626.5 + 116.5 Train + 2.0 Degas + 1.92 Burst - 8.80 Quiet - 0.47 Center
+ 0.70 Bandwidth + 0.57 Sweep

Alias Structure (up to order 2)

FactorName
ATrain
BDegas
CBurst
DQuiet
ECenter
FBandwidth
GSweep
Aliases
I + 0.82 AA + 0.82 BB + 0.82 CC + 0.82 DD + 0.82 EE + 0.82 FF + 0.82 GG
A
B
C
D
E
F
G