In this paper a new method of construction of second order slope rotatable designs (SOSRDs) through balanced incomplete block designs is suggested. In this method the number of design points required is in some cases less than the number required in Hader and Park slope rotatable central composite design (SRCCD).

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Kim [1] introduced rotatable central composite designs of second type with two replications of axial points for 2≤v≤8 (v: number of factors). In this paper we have extended the work of Kim [1] for second order rotatable designs of second type using central composite designs for 9≤v≤17.

Box and Hunter (1957) introduced the concept of rotatability. It is an important design criterion for response surface methodology (RSM). In this paper, evaluating measure of modified rotatability for second degree polynomial design using balanced incomplete block designs (3 ≤ V ≤ 11 : v-number of factors) which enables us to assess the degree of modified rotatability for a given response surface designs at different values of rotatability is recommended.