Term Paper

1. DEFINITION

This study is an individual work.

In this assignment, you will research applications of experimental design. Through a review of relevant literature, you will find two articles that present practical applications of DOE in industry (i.e. manufacturing, healthcare, banking, entertainment, construction, energy). The studies may target the same or different industries. You will submit one report that addresses the following in your own words:

· Identification of the industry

· Brief problem summary

· Factors studied

· Responses observed

· Experiment design strategy used

· Findings

Each study must be described in a separate section of your report addressing all the items listed above. The articles must include a practical application example. In your search you should focus on more recent publications (published in the year 2012 and beyond are acceptable).

Note that studies with only simple statistical analysis, for example two sample comparisons, are not acceptable for this assignment. The studies you report on must include experimental design methods such ANOVA, factorial design, fractional factorial design, etc.

Your literature material may consist of the following:

1- Peer reviewed research papers (journal papers or conference proceedings) 2- Case study and/or white papers

There must be two publications discussed in your report, and at least one of them must be a peer- reviewed paper.

2. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS

· Use a word processing software to prepare your paper

· Provide complete references, use of Harvard citation style for your entries is strongly recommended, but APA citation style may be used if preferred.

· Submit all your documents including the articles referenced (includes reference papers)

3. ASSESSMENT

Problem Statement (30%)

Design (30%)

Experiment

· Explain the problem(s) introduced in the reference papers clearly and concisely

· List and discuss the questions addressed

· Explain the methodology(s) introduced in the reference papers clearly and concisely

· Explain choice of factors and levels

· Describe the response variables

· Define the experimental design chosen

& Findings · Discuss findings/results presented in the reference papers

· Structure your paper in a clear, easy to follow format

· Include data important to your discussion within the text

· Provide references for any information in your work that is not yours

· Provide your paper in one document prepared using word processor

Written Report (10%)

software

· Visual Displays (tables, graphs, etc.):

o Use clear headings to identify purpose

o Label the plot (meaningful title, properly labeled axis including units)

o Include meaningful and easy to understand legend if needed

Include captions that are explanatory of information presented (table caption starts the word “Table” followed by table number; figure caption starts with “Figure” followed by figure number)