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US 2024 - Assignment 2 - STA 4020

The document describes two experiments with randomized complete block designs. The first tests the effectiveness of four fertilizers on crop yield across four fields. The second evaluates the growth of four plant varieties in five soil types, but with some missing data. Students are asked to analyze the data, conduct ANOVAs, interpret results, and perform post-hoc tests if needed.

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US 2024 - Assignment 2 - STA 4020

The document describes two experiments with randomized complete block designs. The first tests the effectiveness of four fertilizers on crop yield across four fields. The second evaluates the growth of four plant varieties in five soil types, but with some missing data. Students are asked to analyze the data, conduct ANOVAs, interpret results, and perform post-hoc tests if needed.

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SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

DEPARTMENT OF DATA SCIENCE AND ANALYTICS


SUMMER 2024 – ASSIGNMENT 2
COURSE CODE: STA 4020A

UNIT NAME: DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF EXPERIMENTS

DATE: 23RD MAY 2024 TOTAL MARKS: 30 MARKS

INSTRUCTIONS:

For this exercise:

1. ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS


2. Do all your working in the Rmarkdown (.rmd).
3. Submissions should be in either a `.ipynb` or `.rmd` file
4. NO SUBMISSIONS SHOULD BE DONE VIA EMAIL
QUESTION 1
A researcher is conducting an experiment to test the effectiveness of four different fertilizers (A, B, C,
and D) on the yield of a specific crop. The experiment is conducted in four different fields (blocks) to
account for variability in soil quality and other environmental factors. Each field is divided into four
plots, and each fertilizer is randomly assigned to one plot within each field.

The yield data (in kilograms) from the experiment are as follows:

Field Fertilizer A Fertilizer B Fertilizer C Fertilizer D


1 20 18 15 22
2 25 24 20 23
3 18 17 14 20
4 22 21 19 24

a) State the null and alternative hypotheses for this experiment.


b) Construct an ANOVA table for the RCBD analysis and determine whether there is a significant
difference among the fertilizers and (or) replicates at the 0.05 significance level.
c) Interpret the results of the ANOVA table.
d) Conduct a post-hoc analysis if necessary

QUESTION 2
A researcher conducted an experiment to evaluate the growth performance of four different plant
varieties (A, B, C, and D) in five different soil types (blocks). Each soil type represents a different field
condition. The experiment was set up in a randomized complete block design, with each
combination of plant variety and soil type replicated four times. However, due to unforeseen
circumstances, two observations are missing from the data:

Block (Soil Type) Variety A Variety B Variety C Variety D


1 15 17 20 ?
2 ? 18 22 21
3 16 19 23 20
4 14 16 ? 19
5 18 20 24 22

a) Estimate the missing values in this dataset.


b) Conduct an analysis of variance (ANOVA) to test whether there are significant differences in
the mean growth performance among the four plant varieties and(or) the soil types at the 0.05
significance level, using the completed dataset.
c) Interpret the results of the ANOVA and discuss any implications for the study.
d) Conduct a post-hoc analysis if necessary

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