Question: you are provided information on a RSM AND OPTIMIZATION experiment, and you are required to investigate and interpret the output which is provided below. Problem:

you are provided information on a RSM AND OPTIMIZATION experiment, and you are required to investigate and interpret the output which is provided below.

Problem:Consider the threevariable central composite design shown in the table.

RunOrder PtType Blocks Temperature Time Catalyst Conversion (%) y1 Viscosity y2
1 1 1 -1 -1 -1 74 53.2
2 1 1 1 -1 -1 51 62.9
3 1 1 -1 1 -1 88 53.4
4 1 1 1 1 -1 70 62.6
5 1 1 -1 -1 1 71 57.3
6 1 1 1 -1 1 90 67.9
7 1 1 -1 1 1 66 59.8
8 1 1 1 1 1 97 67.8
9 -1 1 -1.68179 0 0 76 59.1
10 -1 1 1.681793 0 0 79 65.9
11 -1 1 0 -1.68179 0 85 60
12 -1 1 0 1.681793 0 97 60.7
13 -1 1 0 0 -1.68179 55 57.4
14 -1 1 0 0 1.681793 81 63.2
15 0 1 0 0 0 81 59.2
16 0 1 0 0 0 75 60.4
17 0 1 0 0 0 76 59.1
18 0 1 0 0 0 83 60.6
19 0 1 0 0 0 80 60.8
20 0 1 0 0 0 91 58.9

Part 1- Conversion percent

A partial Minitab output for the full model is shown below.

S R-sq R-sq(adj) R-sq(pred)
4.71669 91.99% 84.79% 75.66%

Model Summary

Fits and Diagnostics for Unusual Observations

Obs Conversion % (y1) Fit Resid Std Reside
20 91.00 81.09 9.91 2.30 R

R Large residual

Analysis of Variance

Source DF Adj SS Adj MS F-Value P-Value
Model 9 2555.73 283.97 12.76 0.000
Linear 3 763.05 254.35 11.43 0.001
Temperature 1 14.44 14.44 0.65 0.439
Time 1 222.96 222.96 10.02 0.010
Catalyst 1 525.64 525.64 23.63 0.001
Square 3 601.30 200.43 9.01 0.003
Temperature*Temperature 1 48.47 48.47 2.18 0.171
Time*Time 1 124.48 124.48 5.60 0.040
Catalyst*Catalyst 1 388.59 388.59 17.47 0.002
2-Way Interaction 3 1191.37 397.12 17.85 0.000
Temperature*Time 1 36.12 36.12 1.62 0.231
Temperature*Catalyst 1 1035.12 1035.12 46.53 0.000
Time*Catalyst 1 120.13 120.13 5.40 0.043
Error 10 222.47 22.25
Lack-of-Fit 5 56.47 11.29 0.34 0.869
Pure Error 5 166.00 33.20
Total 19 2778.20

Interpret the above output. As well as discussing factor significance you are expected to discuss the unusual residual and how it may (or may not) affect the overall analysis. Is there a specific recommendation that you would make?

The partial output for the reduced model is provided.

Model Summary

S R-sq R-sq(adj) R-sq(pred)
5.05856 88.95% 82.50% 69.18%

Coded Coefficients

Term Coef SE Coef T-Value P-Value VIF
Constant 79.59 1.75 45.45 0.000
Temperature 1.03 1.37 0.75 0.467 1.00
Time 4.04 1.37 2.95 0.012 1.00
Catalyst 6.20 1.37 4.53 0.001 1.00
Time*Time 3.12 1.33 2.35 0.036 1.01
Catalyst*Catalyst -5.01 1.33 -3.78 0.003 1.01
Temperature*Catalyst 11.37 1.79 6.36 0.000 1.00
Time*Catalyst -3.88 1.79 -2.17 0.051 1.00

Analysis of Variance

Source DF Adj SS Adj MS F-Value P-Value
Model 7 2471.13 353.02 13.80 0.000
Linear 3 763.05 254.35 9.94 0.001
Temperature 1 14.44 14.44 0.56 0.467
Time 1 222.96 222.96 8.71 0.012
Catalyst 1 525.64 525.64 20.54 0.001
Square 2 552.83 276.42 10.80 0.002
Time*Time 1 141.78 141.78 5.54 0.036
Catalyst*Catalyst 1 365.42 365.42 14.28 0.003
2-Way Interaction 2 1155.25 577.62 22.57 0.000
Temperature*Catalyst 1 1035.12 1035.12 40.45 0.000
Time*Catalyst 1 120.13 120.13 4.69 0.051
Error 12 307.07 25.59
Lack-of-Fit 7 141.07 20.15 0.61 0.736
Pure Error 5 166.00 33.20
Total 19 2778.20

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