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Example: We want to perform an experiment that is designed to determine which pain reliever aspirin, acetaminophen, or ibuprofen and at which dosage low or high is more effective at relieving pain after tooth extraction.

Experimental units : subjects that have had a tooth extracted

Factors: type of pain reliever, dosage

Levels: type of pain reliever: aspirin, acetaminophen, ibuprofen

dosage: low or high

Treatments:

Type of Pain Reliever

Aspirin

Acetamin.

Ibuprofen

Dosage

Low

Aspirin, 325 mg

Acetamin.

325 mg

Ibuprofen

200 mg

High

Aspirin, 650 mg

Acetamin.

650 mg

Ibuprofen

400 mg