We want to check if Steel becomes stronger when Zinc and Copper are
added to it during the manufacturing process. The average increase in
steel strength is shown below. (The number of replicates =2).
No Zinc
Moderate Zinc
No Copper
8,8.2
10,10.2
Medium Copper High Copper
9,9.2
11,11.2
10,10.2
12.1, 11.9
(a) Draw two interaction plots, one with the levels of Copper on the X
axis, and one with the levels of Zinc on the X axis. Is there a lot of
interaction between the amounts of Zinc and Copper? [HINT: check
if the lines are almost parallel, or not even close to being parallel).
Use the average value in each cell when drawing your diagram. For
example the average value of strength when Zinc = \"Moderate\" and
Copper=\"High\" is 12.0.
(b) Run 2-way Anova using XL or R, and attach a screenshot of the
results. Is there an interaction effect between Zinc and Copper?
[HINT: what is the null hypothesis? Recall that the null hypothesis
can be rejected if the corresponding p-value is less than 5%].
(c) Do either Copper or Zinc have an impact on the strength of the steel
produced?