Analysis of means (ANOM) for 2 level, 2 factor design

This macro creates an ANOM chart for a 2 factor, 2 level factorial design. The interaction between the 2 factors is displayed on the same scale as the main effects. The default decision limits are calculated with an alpha of 0.05.

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Download ANOM2FACT.mac

Required Inputs

2 factors (A, B, )
Response (C)

Note

The design must be balanced and replicated, and the levels of the factors must be numeric, not text. Center points are not allowed.

Optional Inputs

ALPHA K: Use to set a custom significance level. The default is 0.05.
TITLE "text": Use to add a custom title to the graphical output.

Running the Macro

Suppose the factors are in C1 and C2 and the response is in C3. You want to use a significance level of 0.01.

To run the macro, choose View > Command Line/History and type:

%ANOM2FACT C3 C1 C2;
ALPHA .01.

Click Run.

More Information

What does the line for the interaction show?

If the factors A and B each have 2 levels, then the length of the vertical line for the interaction is the absolute value of the effect of the interaction. In a 2 level design, the effect is twice the coefficient.

How to calculate the endpoints for the interaction line?

Let A1 represent the low level of A and A2 represent the high level of A. Let B1 represent the low level of B and B2 represent the high level of B. Given that the design is replicated at least once, the interaction between A and B can be written as

AB = .5( 1 1 A B + 2 2 A B ) - .5( 1 2 A B + 2 1 A B ), where

1 1 A B is the mean of the response values where A and B are both at the low level.

A B is the mean of the response values where A and B are both at the high level. 1 2 A B denotes the mean response where A is at its low level and B is at its high level. 2 1 A B denotes the mean response where A is at its high level and B is at its low level.

In notation suggested by Ott(1975), the interaction AB can be re-expressed as

AB = ( L - U)

where L = .5( 1 1 A B + 2 2 A B ) is the mean of the response data for the factor combinations where the two factors have the same (Like) subscripts. Therefore, L is the mean of the response data at the Like subscripts.

U = .5( 1 2 A B + 2 1 A B ) is the mean of the response data for the factor combinations where the two factors have different (Unlike) subscripts. Therefore, U is the mean of the response data at the Unlike subscripts.