Optimization of Antibacterial, Structures, and Thermal Properties of Alginate-ZrO₂ Bionanocomposite by the Taguchi Method

Table 4

The analysis of variance of factors affecting the survival rate of Streptococcus mutans.

Factors	DOF	Sum of squares	Variance	F-ratio (F)	Pure sum	Percent (%)
Alginate	2	0.76	0.38	11.72	0.70	7.05
ZrO2	2	8.77	4.38	135.17	8.70	88.19
Stirring time	2	0.28	0.14	4.25	0.21	2.13

DOF, degree of freedom.