Instructors
Dr. Sabry
Elias, AOSA Statistics Subcommittee Chair
Dr. Riad
Baalbaki, AOSA Germination and Dormancy Subcommittee Chair
The workshop will
cover the following topics
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Principles of experimental design
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Objectives of an experiment
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Experimental unit and treatment
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Choice of treatment
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Experimental error and error control
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Replication and its function
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Randomization
Examples of Experimental designs
Completely randomized design (CRD): Randomization & layout
Randomized complete block design (RCBD): Randomization & layout
Factorial design: Randomization & layout
Data Analysis
Analysis of variance (ANOVA) for CRD
Analysis of variance (ANOVA) for RCBD
Analysis of variance (ANOVA) for factorial design
Analysis of non-parametric data
Comparison between
treatment means
Least significant difference (LSD)
Standard deviation
t-test
Chi-square and other non-parametric methods
Other tests
