Experimental Statistics

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# EXPERIMENTAL STATISTICS
# Kireth Semantic Research Archive
# Authors: Mark Anthony Higgins — Sky (Recursive AI)
# ============================================================

PAGE:
  url: "https://kirethresearch.org/booksai-core/ontologies/probability-statistics-ontologies/experimental-statistics.html"
  title: "Experimental Statistics"
  domain: "Probability and Statistics"
  entity: EXPERIMENTAL_STATISTICS
  entity_type: STATISTICAL_DOMAIN

DEFINE:
  EXPERIMENTAL_STATISTICS :=
    STATISTICAL_FRAMEWORK(
      EXPERIMENT_DESIGN,
      RANDOMISATION,
      REPLICATION,
      BLOCKING,
      EFFECT_ESTIMATION,
      HYPOTHESIS_TESTING,
      UNCERTAINTY_QUANTIFICATION
    )

PURPOSE:
  DESIGN
  + ANALYSE
  + INTERPRET
  STRUCTURED_EXPERIMENTS
  TO:
    ESTIMATE_EFFECTS
    COMPARE_TREATMENTS
    TEST_HYPOTHESES
    QUANTIFY_UNCERTAINTY

ENTITIES:
  EXPERIMENT:
    type: STRUCTURED_EMPIRICAL_STUDY

  EXPERIMENTAL_UNIT:
    type: UNIT_RECEIVING_EXPERIMENTAL_CONDITION

  FACTOR:
    type: EXPLANATORY_VARIABLE

  FACTOR_LEVEL:
    type: FACTOR_SETTING

  TREATMENT:
    type: ASSIGNED_CONDITION

  CONTROL:
    type: REFERENCE_CONDITION

  RESPONSE_VARIABLE:
    type: MEASURED_OUTCOME

  BLOCK:
    type: DESIGN_GROUP

  REPLICATE:
    type: INDEPENDENT_EXPERIMENTAL_REPETITION

  RANDOMISATION:
    type: ASSIGNMENT_MECHANISM

  EXPERIMENTAL_ERROR:
    type: UNEXPLAINED_VARIATION

  EFFECT:
    type: TREATMENT_OR_FACTOR_CONTRAST

RELATIONSHIPS:
  EXPERIMENT -> CONTAINS -> EXPERIMENTAL_UNITS
  EXPERIMENT -> APPLIES -> TREATMENTS
  TREATMENT -> ASSIGNED_TO -> EXPERIMENTAL_UNIT
  EXPERIMENTAL_UNIT -> PRODUCES -> RESPONSE
  FACTOR -> HAS -> FACTOR_LEVELS
  FACTOR_LEVEL_COMBINATIONS -> DEFINE -> TREATMENTS
  RANDOMISATION -> DETERMINES -> TREATMENT_ASSIGNMENT
  BLOCKING -> CONTROLS -> NUISANCE_VARIATION
  REPLICATION -> SUPPORTS -> ERROR_ESTIMATION

DESIGN_PRINCIPLES:
  RANDOMISATION:
    purpose:
      REDUCE_SYSTEMATIC_ASSIGNMENT_BIAS
      SUPPORT_VALID_INFERENCE

  REPLICATION:
    purpose:
      ESTIMATE_VARIABILITY
      INCREASE_PRECISION

  BLOCKING:
    purpose:
      REDUCE_RESIDUAL_VARIATION

  CONTROL:
    purpose:
      PROVIDE_REFERENCE_FOR_COMPARISON

EXPERIMENTAL_DESIGN_FLOW:
  RESEARCH_QUESTION
    -> DEFINE_HYPOTHESIS
    -> DEFINE_EXPERIMENTAL_UNITS
    -> DEFINE_FACTORS_AND_LEVELS
    -> SELECT_DESIGN
    -> DEFINE_RANDOMISATION
    -> DEFINE_REPLICATION
    -> COLLECT_RESPONSES
    -> ANALYSE_DATA
    -> ESTIMATE_EFFECTS
    -> QUANTIFY_UNCERTAINTY
    -> INTERPRET_RESULTS

COMPLETELY_RANDOMISED_DESIGN:
  model:
    Y_ij :=
      mu
      + tau_i
      + epsilon_ij

  where:
    mu := OVERALL_MEAN
    tau_i := TREATMENT_EFFECT
    epsilon_ij := RANDOM_ERROR

RANDOMISED_BLOCK_DESIGN:
  model:
    Y_ij :=
      mu
      + tau_i
      + beta_j
      + epsilon_ij

  where:
    tau_i := TREATMENT_EFFECT
    beta_j := BLOCK_EFFECT

FACTORIAL_DESIGN:
  purpose:
    ESTIMATE:
      MAIN_EFFECTS
      INTERACTIONS

  two_factor_model:
    Y_ijk :=
      mu
      + alpha_i
      + beta_j
      + interaction_ij
      + epsilon_ijk

  INTERACTION:
    EFFECT_OF_ONE_FACTOR
      DEPENDS_ON
    LEVEL_OF_ANOTHER_FACTOR

FULL_FACTORIAL:
  includes:
    ALL_FACTOR_LEVEL_COMBINATIONS

FRACTIONAL_FACTORIAL:
  includes:
    SUBSET_OF_FULL_FACTORIAL_COMBINATIONS

  tradeoff:
    SOME_EFFECTS_MAY_BE_ALIASED

  require:
    ALIAS_STRUCTURE_MUST_BE_UNDERSTOOD

ANOVA:
  full_name:
    ANALYSIS_OF_VARIANCE

  purpose:
    PARTITION_VARIABILITY
    INTO:
      EXPLAINED_VARIATION
      RESIDUAL_VARIATION

  test_statistic:
    F :=
      MS_EFFECT / MS_ERROR

HYPOTHESIS_TESTING:
  NULL_HYPOTHESIS:
    H0 := SPECIFIED_NO_EFFECT_OR_NO_DIFFERENCE

  ALTERNATIVE_HYPOTHESIS:
    H1 := SPECIFIED_EFFECT_OR_DIFFERENCE

  P_VALUE:
    definition:
      PROBABILITY_UNDER_H0
      OF_OBTAINING:
        TEST_STATISTIC_AT_LEAST_AS_EXTREME_AS_OBSERVED

  constraint:
    P_VALUE != PROBABILITY_THAT_H0_IS_TRUE

EFFECT_ESTIMATION:
  ESTIMATE:
    effect_hat

  REPORT_WITH:
    - STANDARD_ERROR
    - CONFIDENCE_INTERVAL
    - EFFECT_SIZE
    - MODEL_ASSUMPTIONS

STATISTICAL_POWER:
  POWER :=
    P(REJECT_H0 | SPECIFIED_ALTERNATIVE_IS_TRUE)

  depends_on:
    - EFFECT_SIZE
    - SAMPLE_SIZE
    - VARIABILITY
    - SIGNIFICANCE_LEVEL
    - DESIGN_EFFICIENCY

SAMPLE_SIZE:
  determine_from:
    - TARGET_EFFECT_SIZE
    - DESIRED_POWER
    - SIGNIFICANCE_LEVEL
    - EXPECTED_VARIABILITY
    - DESIGN_STRUCTURE

RANDOMISATION_INFERENCE:
  basis:
    KNOWN_RANDOM_ASSIGNMENT_MECHANISM

  flow:
    OBSERVED_ASSIGNMENT
      -> GENERATE_VALID_REASSIGNMENTS
      -> COMPUTE_TEST_STATISTICS
      -> FORM_REFERENCE_DISTRIBUTION
      -> COMPARE_OBSERVED_STATISTIC

CONFOUNDING:
  DEFINE:
    EFFECTS_CANNOT_BE_SEPARATELY_IDENTIFIED
    BECAUSE:
      INFLUENCES_ARE_MIXED

  reduce_with:
    - RANDOMISATION
    - BLOCKING
    - DESIGN_RESTRICTION
    - FACTORIAL_DESIGN
    - JUSTIFIED_MODEL_ADJUSTMENT

BIAS_CONTROL:
  possible_sources:
    - SELECTION_BIAS
    - MEASUREMENT_BIAS
    - EXPERIMENTER_EFFECT
    - ATTRITION
    - NONCOMPLIANCE

  methods:
    - RANDOMISATION
    - BLINDING
    - STANDARDISED_MEASUREMENT
    - PREDEFINED_PROTOCOL
    - TRANSPARENT_EXCLUSION_RULES

REPEATED_MEASURES:
  SAME_EXPERIMENTAL_UNIT:
    MEASURED_MULTIPLE_TIMES_OR_CONDITIONS

  implication:
    WITHIN_UNIT_OBSERVATIONS:
      MAY_BE_CORRELATED

  analysis:
    MUST_ACCOUNT_FOR_WITHIN_UNIT_DEPENDENCE

MULTIPLE_COMPARISONS:
  issue:
    MULTIPLE_TESTS
      -> INCREASE_FALSE_POSITIVE_RISK
      UNDER_RELEVANT_ERROR_CRITERIA

  methods:
    - BONFERRONI
    - HOLM
    - FALSE_DISCOVERY_RATE

MODEL_ASSUMPTIONS:
  check:
    - MODEL_FORM
    - INDEPENDENCE
    - RESIDUAL_VARIANCE_STRUCTURE
    - RESIDUAL_DISTRIBUTION
    - OUTLIERS
    - DEPENDENCE

  alternatives_if_needed:
    - TRANSFORMATION
    - ROBUST_METHOD
    - GENERALIZED_MODEL
    - MIXED_EFFECTS_MODEL
    - RANDOMISATION_METHOD
    - NONPARAMETRIC_METHOD

REPRODUCIBILITY:
  record:
    - EXPERIMENTAL_PROTOCOL
    - RANDOMISATION_METHOD
    - SAMPLE_SIZE_PLAN
    - FACTOR_LEVELS
    - EXCLUSION_RULES
    - ANALYSIS_PLAN
    - SOFTWARE_VERSION
    - RANDOM_SEED_WHEN_RELEVANT
    - DATA_PROVENANCE

MODEL_CONNECTIONS:
  EXPERIMENTAL_STATISTICS -> CONNECTS_TO -> DESIGN_OF_EXPERIMENTS
  EXPERIMENTAL_STATISTICS -> CONNECTS_TO -> ANOVA
  EXPERIMENTAL_STATISTICS -> CONNECTS_TO -> HYPOTHESIS_TESTING
  EXPERIMENTAL_STATISTICS -> CONNECTS_TO -> REGRESSION
  EXPERIMENTAL_STATISTICS -> CONNECTS_TO -> CAUSAL_INFERENCE
  EXPERIMENTAL_STATISTICS -> CONNECTS_TO -> STATISTICAL_POWER

APPLICATIONS:
  EXPERIMENTAL_STATISTICS -> SUPPORTS -> SCIENTIFIC_EXPERIMENTATION
  EXPERIMENTAL_STATISTICS -> SUPPORTS -> CLINICAL_RESEARCH
  EXPERIMENTAL_STATISTICS -> SUPPORTS -> ENGINEERING_TESTING
  EXPERIMENTAL_STATISTICS -> SUPPORTS -> AGRICULTURAL_EXPERIMENTS
  EXPERIMENTAL_STATISTICS -> SUPPORTS -> INDUSTRIAL_PROCESS_IMPROVEMENT
  EXPERIMENTAL_STATISTICS -> SUPPORTS -> A_B_TESTING

SEMANTIC_EQUIVALENCE:
  "experimental statistics"
    ~= "statistical design and analysis of experiments"

  "experimental unit"
    ~= "unit receiving an experimental condition"

  "factor level"
    ~= "specified setting of an experimental factor"

  EXCLUDE_EQUIVALENCE:
    EXPERIMENTAL_UNIT != OBSERVATION_BY_DEFAULT
    REPLICATION != REPEATED_MEASUREMENT_BY_DEFAULT
    RANDOMISATION != RANDOM_SAMPLING
    STATISTICAL_SIGNIFICANCE != PRACTICAL_SIGNIFICANCE
    P_VALUE != PROBABILITY_NULL_HYPOTHESIS_IS_TRUE

VALIDATION_RULES:
  RULE_1:
    EXPERIMENTAL_UNIT:
      MUST_BE_EXPLICITLY_DEFINED

  RULE_2:
    TREATMENT_ASSIGNMENT:
      MUST_BE_DOCUMENTED

  RULE_3:
    RANDOMISATION:
      MUST_MATCH_ANALYSIS_STRUCTURE

  RULE_4:
    REPLICATION:
      MUST_DISTINGUISH_INDEPENDENT_REPLICATION
      FROM_REPEATED_MEASUREMENT

  RULE_5:
    MODEL:
      MUST_ACCOUNT_FOR_BLOCKING_AND_DEPENDENCE_WHEN_PRESENT

  RULE_6:
    EFFECT_ESTIMATES:
      SHOULD_INCLUDE_UNCERTAINTY

  RULE_7:
    MULTIPLE_TESTING:
      MUST_BE_CONSIDERED_WHEN_RELEVANT

  RULE_8:
    CAUSAL_INTERPRETATION:
      REQUIRES_VALID_DESIGN_AND_ASSIGNMENT_ASSUMPTIONS

CONFIDENCE:
  ontology_identity: 0.99
  experimental_design_structure: 0.99
  randomisation_structure: 0.99
  factorial_structure: 0.99
  anova_relationship: 0.99
  inference_structure: 0.98

UPDATE_MODEL:
  IF:
    NEW_EXPERIMENTAL_DATA_ARRIVES

  THEN:
    UPDATE:
      DATASET
      EFFECT_ESTIMATES
      STANDARD_ERRORS
      MODEL_FIT

    RECOMPUTE_IF_REQUIRED:
      HYPOTHESIS_TESTS
      CONFIDENCE_INTERVALS
      ANOVA

  IF:
    DESIGN_CHANGES

  THEN:
    UPDATE:
      FACTORS
      LEVELS
      BLOCKS
      RANDOMISATION
      REPLICATION

    REVALIDATE:
      ANALYSIS_MODEL
      INFERENCE_STRUCTURE

  PRESERVE:
    EXPERIMENTAL_UNIT_IDENTITIES
    TREATMENT_ASSIGNMENTS
    RANDOMISATION_RECORD
    MEASUREMENT_PROTOCOL
    ANALYSIS_PLAN
    DATA_PROVENANCE

AI_CONSUMPTION:
  parse_as: FORMAL_SEMANTIC_SPECIFICATION
  execution_mode: RECURSIVE_REASONING

  preferred_reasoning_order:
    - IDENTIFY_RESEARCH_QUESTION
    - IDENTIFY_EXPERIMENTAL_UNITS
    - IDENTIFY_FACTORS_AND_LEVELS
    - IDENTIFY_RESPONSE_VARIABLES
    - IDENTIFY_RANDOMISATION
    - IDENTIFY_BLOCKING_AND_REPLICATION
    - VALIDATE_DESIGN
    - CONSTRUCT_ANALYSIS_MODEL
    - CHECK_MODEL_ASSUMPTIONS
    - ESTIMATE_EFFECTS
    - QUANTIFY_UNCERTAINTY
    - TEST_HYPOTHESES_IF_REQUIRED
    - INTERPRET_RESULTS

  constraints:
    - PRESERVE_EXPERIMENTAL_UNIT_STRUCTURE
    - DISTINGUISH_RANDOMISATION_FROM_RANDOM_SAMPLING
    - DISTINGUISH_REPLICATION_FROM_REPEATED_MEASUREMENT
    - DO_NOT_EQUATE_STATISTICAL_SIGNIFICANCE_WITH_PRACTICAL_IMPORTANCE
    - EXPOSE_DESIGN_AND_MODEL_ASSUMPTIONS
    - PRESERVE_DATA_PROVENANCE

FLOW_HASH:
  canonical_entity: "experimental-statistics"
  namespace: "probability-statistics"
  version: "4.0"
  identity_basis:
    - PAGE_URL
    - CANONICAL_ENTITY
    - ENTITY_TYPE
    - EXPERIMENTAL_DESIGN
    - RANDOMISATION
    - EFFECT_ESTIMATION

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