Desenvolvimento de um procedimento guia para o planejamento experimental sob a perspectiva dos princípios básicos de experimentação

Abstract

Considering the high levels of competitiveness faced by organizations, the area of planning and analysis of experiments gain notable prominence, as it consists of a fundamental statistical technique with several contributions, such as, for example, in the process of developing new products, in increasing process efficiency, in reducing the variability and costs involved, in addition to considerable gains in data analysis time. This work aims to develop a procedure to guide the planning and analysis of an experiment. For this, the main concepts about this area of study were used, as well as the understanding of the basic principles of experimentation (randomization, replication and blocking). This study seeks to contribute to the literature in three ways. First, with the development of a guide for studies in the area of experimental planning to help researchers who have or do not have experience with experimentation. Second, this study seeks to disseminate the importance of planned experiments for different areas of study, considering that experimental planning helps in reducing costs, optimizing time and resources. And third, with a systematic review of the literature in order to verify the studies that used experimental planning and that sought, even initially, to develop guidelines and recommendations for researchers who will make use of this tool.