Complete Block Designs

Abstract

In the presence of controllable nuisance factors, the device of blocking divides the experimental material into homogeneous blocks in such a way that treatments can be compared under similar conditions. This chapter describes complete block designs (including randomized block designs), together with block design models, model assumption checks, multiple comparisons, sample size calculations, and analysis of variance. The analyses of complete block designs are illustrated through two real experiments, one having factorial treatment combinations. The use of R and SAS software is described.