The article “Fatigue Limits of Enamel Bonds with Moist and Dry Techniques” (Dental Mater...

The article “Fatigue Limits of Enamel Bonds with Moist and Dry Techniques” (Dental Materials, 2009: 1527–1531) described an experiment to investigate the ability of adhesive systems to bond to mineralized tooth structures. The response variable is shear bond strength (MPa), and two different adhesives (Adper Single Bond Plus and OptiBond Solo Plus) were used in combination with two different surface conditions. The accompanying data was supplied by the authors of the article. The first 12 observations came from the SBP-dry treatment, the next 12 from the SBPmoist treatment, the next 12 from the OBP-dry treatment, and the last 12 from the OBP-moist treatment.

a. Construct a comparative boxplot of the data on the four different treatments and comment.

b. Carry out an appropriate analysis of variance and state your conclusions (use a significance level of .01 for any tests). Include any graphs that provide insight.

c. If a significance level of .05 is used for the two-way ANOVA, the interaction effect is significant (just as in general different glues work better with some materials than with others). So now it makes sense to carry out a one-way ANOVA on the four treatments SBP-D, SBP-M, OBP-D, and OBP-M. Do this, and identify significant differences among the treatments.