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Keywords:

  • Design of experiments;
  • Mixed models;
  • Multiple randomizations;
  • Multitiered experiments;
  • Pseudofactors;
  • Randomization;
  • Superimposed experiments;
  • Tiers;
  • Two-phase experiments

Summary.  Multitiered experiments are characterized by involving multiple randomizations, in a sense that we make explicit. We compare and contrast six types of multiple randomizations, using a wide range of examples, and discuss their use in designing experiments. We outline a system of describing the randomizations in terms of sets of objects, their associated tiers and the factor nesting, using randomization diagrams, which give a convenient and readily assimilated summary of an experiment's randomization. We also indicate how to formulate a randomization-based mixed model for the analysis of data from such experiments.