Experimental Design
An experiment on sugar beets compared times and methods of
applying artificial (N-P-K) fertilizer, using a completely randomized design.
The four treatments were:
Treatment 1 – no artificials(control)
Treatment 2 – artificials applied in January and ploughed
into soil
Treatment 3 – artificials applied in January and broadcast
Treatment 4 – artificials applied in April and broadcast.
(a) Write down a set of orthogonal contrasts for comparing:
(i) the effects of artificials vs. control
(ii) January application of artificials with April
application
(iii) Ploughing with broadcasting for the January
application of artificials.
(b) The treatment means (of yields, in tens of kg. per ha)
were
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X1. =38.7 X2. = 48.7 X3. = 48.8 X4. = 45.0
each with a standard error of 1.22 on 16 d.f. Calculate 95%
confidence intervals for the contrasts above.
