Balanced Incomplete Block
Design (BIBD)
Notation
– a-number of treatments
– m-number of treatments/block
– r-number of treatment reps
– b-number of blocks
N=ar=bm
r(m-1)=l(a-1)
BIBD
Example
Block
1 2 3 4
A A A B
B B C C
C D D D
Verify that l=2
Generating BIBD’s
Oneway to generate BIBD’s
(assuming a and m have been
selected) is to
a choose
b
m
This worked well in the
previous example
It can be inefficient for large
a or m≈a/2
Least Squares critetion
for a
These are the adjusted means
that one obtains from LSMEANS
in SAS
Yij i j ij
Q nij Yij i j
2
i j
Least Squares estimator of
a
The solution for ai:
mYi. n Y
j
ij . j
ˆ i
a
Intrablock estimator for a
Theseestimators are called
intrablock estimators because
they can be expressed as
contrasts of within block
observations.
mYi. n Y ij . j
m nijYij nijY. j
ˆ i j
j j
a a
m nij Yij Y. j
j
a
Properties of LS estimators
ma 1 2
V ˆ i
a 2
Variance of LS estimators
Thevariance estimate is not
the square of the standard
error for the LSMEANS that one
obtains in SAS (it’s not
corrected for the overall
mean).
Vˆ ˆ i
m a 1 MSE
a 2
Example
Region II Science Fair Winner
Treatment is organic chemical
repellent
Block is Day
Response is average number of flies
on underside of lid (smaller is better)
Originally presented as a Latin
Square (additional block was Fly
Group)
Data Table
Day
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
C=19.8 D=16.0 A=11.7 B=11.2 A=13.2 A=16.0 B=15.7
E=7.8 F=11.0 E=5.3 D=10.0 C=17.3 B=17.2 C=18.0
G=13.0 G=5.3 F=12.3 E=6.0 D=16.2 G=10.8 F=12.7
A=Ascorbic Acid B=Citric Acid C=Control D=Hesperidin
E=Lemon Juice F=Black Pepper G=Piperine
Interblock Model
WhenBlock is a random effect,
alternative estimators of
treatment effects can be found
j iid N (0, 2 )
Yij i j ij
ij iid N 0, 2
a
a
Y. j m nij i m j nij ij
i 1 i 1
Interblock Estimators
ˆ Y..
n Y ij . j mrY..
~
i j
r
Interblock Estimator
Properties
Some properties:
~
Cov( i , i ) 0
ˆ
m(a 1) 2
~
V i
a(r )
m
2
Interblock EMS
Forthe random block model,
Source df SS EMS
Trt a-1 SSTrt
Blockadj b-1 SSBlock(adj)
2
a 2
( r 1) (b 1)
Error N-a-b+1 2
Total N-1
Variance Compoents
ˆ 2 MSE
b 1
ˆ a (r 1)
2 MS Block ( adj) MSE if MS Block ( adj) MSE 0
0 otherwise
m ( a 1)
ˆ ~
V i
a(r )
ˆ mˆ
2 2
BIBD Estimators
Supposewe want to minimize the
variance of estimators of the
form:
~
i (1 ) i , 0 1
ˆ
The best weighted estimator is:
1 1 ~ 1 1
ˆ i * ˆ i ~ i ~
V ˆ i V i V ˆ i V i
Power Analysis
Thenoncentrality parameters look
similar to all other one factor designs
we have so far seen