CHAPTER 9

Question 1

values or categories of the explanatory variable that are being considered in the study

Answer 1

treatments/factor levels

Question 2

the application of a treatment to more than one experimental unit

Answer 2

replication

Question 3

allocation of the experimental units into more or less homogenous clusters

Answer 3

blocking

Question 4

process by which the allocation of the experimental units and the order in which the individual runs or trials of the experiment are to be performed are determined by this procedure

Answer 4

randomization

Question 5

randomization desgin where units have equal chances of selection

Answer 5

completely randomized design (CRD)

Question 6

experimental units are assigned in blocks -> each block is randomized

Answer 6

randomized complete block design

Question 7

design for two blocking factors

Answer 7

latin squares design

Question 8

statistical technique whose main purpose is to compare more than two independent groups

Answer 8

One-Way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA)