Practical statistics and experimental design for plant and crop science

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Clewer, Alan G. (Author), Scarisbrick, D. H. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chichester, England : John Wiley , c2001
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Basic principles of experimentation
  • 2. Basic statistical calculations
  • 3. Basic data summary
  • 4. The normal distribution, the t-distribution and confidence intervals
  • 5. Introduction to hypothesis testing
  • 6. Comparison of two independent sample means
  • 7. Linear regression and correlation
  • 8. Curve fitting
  • 9. The completely randomised design
  • 10. The randomised block design
  • 11. The Latin square design
  • 12. Factorial experiments
  • 13. Comparison of treatment means
  • 14. Checking the assumptions and transformation of data
  • 15. Missing values and incomplete blocks
  • 16. Split plot designs
  • 17. Comparison of regression lines and analysis of covariance
  • 18. Analysis of counts
  • 19. Some non-parametric methods
  • App. 1 The normal distribution function
  • App. 2 Percentage points of the normal distribution
  • App. 3 Percentage points of the t-distribution
  • App. 4a 5 per cent points of the F-distribution
  • App. 4b 2.5 per cent points of the F-distribution
  • App. 4c 1 per cent points of the F-distribution
  • App. 4d 0.1 per cent points of the F-distribution
  • App. 5 Percentage points of the sample correlation coefficient (r) when the population correlation coefficient is 0 and n is the number of X, Y pairs
  • App. 6 5 per cent points of the Studentised range, for use in Tukey and SNK tests
  • App. 7 Percentage points of the chi-square distribution
  • App. 8 Probabilities of S or fewer successes in the binomial distribution with n 'trials' and p=0.5
  • App. 9 Critical values of T in the Wilcoxon signed rank or matched pairs test
  • App. 10 Critical values of U in the Mann-Whitney test