Dear R-helpers, Jones & Kenward (2003)? discuss balanced designs with many periods (p). It is my impression the algorithmic design packages (AlgDesign, crossdes, conf.design) in R do not handle cases in which the number of treatments (t) is < p. Am I mistaken? To be concrete: I am designing an experiment with t = 12 in a factorial design (3x4) with p = [12,18] (we have our subjects for an hour, which allows us about 18 blocks). We can run in the ballpark of 30 subjects. Pointers welcome. _______________________ ? @BOOK{JonesKenward2003, title = {Design and analysis of cross-over trial}, publisher = {Chapman \& Hall/CRC}, year = {2003}, address = {Boca Raton, FL, USA}, edition = {2nd}, author = {Byron Jones and Michael G. Kenward} } _____________________________ Professor Michael Kubovy University of Virginia Department of Psychology USPS: P.O.Box 400400 Charlottesville, VA 22904-4400 Parcels: Room 102 Gilmer Hall McCormick Road Charlottesville, VA 22903 Office: B011 +1-434-982-4729 Lab: B019 +1-434-982-4751 Fax: +1-434-982-4766 WWW: http://www.people.virginia.edu/~mk9y/