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An agronomist wants to compare the crop yield of 3 varieties of chickpea seeds.

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Question

An agronomist wants to compare the crop yield of 3 varieties of chickpea seeds. She plants all 3 varieties of the seeds on each of 5 different patches of fields. She then measures the crop yield in bushels per acre. Treating this as a randomized block design, the results are presented in the table that follows.

Fields    Smith    Walsh   Trevor

1              11.1        19.0        14.6
2              13.5        18.0        15.7
3              15.3        19.8        16.8
4              14.6        19.6        16.7
5              9.8          16.6        15.2

Referring to Scenario 11-6, what is the value of the test statistic for the randomized block F test for the difference in the means?

a. 20.56

b. 41.324

c. 6.133

d. 7.975

Explanation / Answer

An agronomist wants to compare the crop yield of 3 varieties of chickpea seeds. She plants all 3 varieties of the seeds on each of 5 different patches of fields. She then measures the crop yield in bushels per acre. Treating this as a randomized block design, the results are presented in the table that follows.

Fields    Smith    Walsh   Trevor

1              11.1        19.0        14.6
2              13.5        18.0        15.7
3              15.3        19.8        16.8
4              14.6        19.6        16.7
5              9.8          16.6        15.2

Referring to Scenario 11-6, what is the value of the test statistic for the randomized block F test for the difference in the means?

a. 20.56

b. 41.324

c. 6.133

d. 7.975

Answer b. 41.324

Randomized Block Design (ANOVA: Two-Factor Without Replication)

SUMMARY

Count

Sum

Average

Variance

1

4

45.7

11.4250

58.7492

2

4

49.2

12.3000

50.5267

3

4

54.9

13.7250

54.6225

4

4

54.9

13.7250

46.2358

5

4

46.6

11.6500

28.2500

Smith

5

64.3

12.8600

5.4630

Walsh

5

93

18.6000

1.7400

Trevor

5

79

15.8000

0.9050

ANOVA

Source of Variation

SS

df

MS

F

P-value

F crit

Block

24.4573

4

6.1143

6.1338

0.0147

3.8379

Treatment

82.3853

2

41.1927

41.3235

0.0001

4.4590

Error

7.9747

8

0.9968

Total

114.8173

14

Level of significance

0.05

Randomized Block Design (ANOVA: Two-Factor Without Replication)

SUMMARY

Count

Sum

Average

Variance

1

4

45.7

11.4250

58.7492

2

4

49.2

12.3000

50.5267

3

4

54.9

13.7250

54.6225

4

4

54.9

13.7250

46.2358

5

4

46.6

11.6500

28.2500

Smith

5

64.3

12.8600

5.4630

Walsh

5

93

18.6000

1.7400

Trevor

5

79

15.8000

0.9050

ANOVA

Source of Variation

SS

df

MS

F

P-value

F crit

Block

24.4573

4

6.1143

6.1338

0.0147

3.8379

Treatment

82.3853

2

41.1927

41.3235

0.0001

4.4590

Error

7.9747

8

0.9968

Total

114.8173

14

Level of significance

0.05

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