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    There are three basic principles of experimental design: randomization, replication, and local control. Randomization randomly assigns treatments to experimental units to remove bias. Replication involves repeating the basic experiment to decrease error and increase precision by obtaining multiple estimates of treatment effects. Local control uses balancing, blocking, and grouping of experimental units to further reduce extraneous sources of variation not removed by randomization and replication.

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    There are three basic principles of experimental design: randomization, replication, and local control. Randomization randomly assigns treatments to experimental units to remove bias. Replication involves repeating the basic experiment to decrease error and increase precision by obtaining multiple estimates of treatment effects. Local control uses balancing, blocking, and grouping of experimental units to further reduce extraneous sources of variation not removed by randomization and replication.

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    There are three basic principles of experimental design: randomization, replication, and local control. Randomization randomly assigns treatments to experimental units to remove bias. Replication involves repeating the basic experiment to decrease error and increase precision by obtaining multiple estimates of treatment effects. Local control uses balancing, blocking, and grouping of experimental units to further reduce extraneous sources of variation not removed by randomization and replication.

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    Basic Principles of Experimental Designs

    There are three basic principles of experimental designs: Randomization, Replication, and
    Local Control. Each of them is described below in brief:

    (1) Randomization: This is the first principle of an experimental design. This process
    randomly assigns treatments to the experimental units. It implies that every allotment of
    treatments ends up with the same probability. When dividing research participants into the
    different groups, random assignment ensures that every participant has an equal chance of
    being assigned to both the experimental group and the control group. Randomizations
    purpose is to remove bias and other sources of extraneous variation, which are
    uncontrollable. It is the basis of any valid statistical test. Therefore, the treatments must be
    assigned randomly to the experimental units.

    (2) Replication: This is the second principle of an experimental design. It is a repetition of


    the basic experiment. In all experiments, some variation exists because the experimental
    units, such as, individuals or plots of land, cannot be physically identical. This variation is
    removable by using a number of experimental units. Therefore, the basic experiment is
    performed repeatedly. Researchers repeat the same studies on different research participants
    to see if they produce the same statistically significant results each time. A replicate is an
    individual repetition. Its number, shape, and size are influenced by the nature of the
    experimental material. Replication helps in: obtaining an accurate estimate of the
    experimental error; decreasing the experimental error, thereby increasing precision; and
    obtaining a more precise estimate of the mean treatment effect.
    (3) Local Control: Randomization and Replication do not remove all extraneous sources of
    variation. A more refined experimental technique is required for that. A design should be
    chosen such that all the extraneous sources of variation come under control. For this purpose,
    local control, which refers to the amount of balancing, blocking and grouping of the
    experimental units, is used. Balancing implies that the treatments should be assigned to the
    experimental units such that the result is a balanced arrangement of treatments. Blocking
    means that, similar experimental units should be collected together to form a relatively
    homogeneous group. The main purpose of local control is to increase the efficiency of an
    experimental design by minimizing the experimental error. In this case, local control should
    not be confused with the word control. Control in experimental design is used for a treatment.
    It does not receive any treatment, but the effectiveness of other treatments should be found
    through comparison.

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