Title: design matrix
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - design matrix
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.10069
Status: current

Definition
Matrix with rows representing individual experimental treatments (possibly transformed according to the assumed model) which can be extended by deduced levels of other functions of factor levels.

Related Term
- factor levels: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/10072

Source
- PAC, 2016, 88, 407. 'Vocabulary of concepts and terms in chemometrics (IUPAC Recommendations 2016)' on page 414 (https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2015-0605)

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Citation: Citation: 'design matrix' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.10069
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