An Application of Majorization to the Problem of Selecting the Largest Interaction in a Two-Factor Experiment.

Abstract

The problem of devising a single-stage procedure for the goal of selecting the factor-level combination associated with the largest positive interaction is studied for the usual linear model underlying a 2-factor rxc (r > or = 2, c > or = 3) experiment involving qualitative variables when the common variance is known. The main result of the present paper is a theorem which gives this least favorable (LF)-configuration explicitly for the 2xc case; the principal tool used in the proof of the theorem is the theory of Schur-concavity and majorization in multivariate distributions as described by Marshall and Olkin. Various generalizations are proposed.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1976
Accession Number
ADA025955

Entities

People

  • Bruce W. Turnbull
  • Robert E. Bechhofer
  • Thomas J. Santner

Organizations

  • Cornell University

Tags

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics

Readers

  • Regression Analysis.
  • Statistical inference.