Complete randomized block design - Sana Jamal Salih
1. VAN YÜZÜNCÜ YIL ÜNIVERSITESI
ZIRAAT FAKÜLTESI
TARLA BITKILERI BÖLÜMÜ
The Complete Randomized Block Design
- CRBD -
Sana Jamal SalihMay, 2019
2. OUTLINES
DefinitionDefinition
Details on tDetails on the designhe design
BlockingBlocking
Plot Size and ShapePlot Size and Shape
Randomization StepsRandomization Steps
Randomization Assignment Of TreatmentsRandomization Assignment Of Treatments
Advantages and DisadvantagesAdvantages and Disadvantages
Comparing RCBD with other designsComparing RCBD with other designs
Statistical AnalysisStatistical Analysis
ExampleExample
3. DefinitionDefinition
CRBD is an experimental design for comparingCRBD is an experimental design for comparing tt
treatments andtreatments and bb blocksblocks.. The blocks consist of tThe blocks consist of t
homogeneous experimental units. Treatments arehomogeneous experimental units. Treatments are
randomly assigned to the experimental units within arandomly assigned to the experimental units within a
block, with each treatment appearing exactly once inblock, with each treatment appearing exactly once in
every block.every block.
4. The Complete Randomized Block Design
- CRBD -
One of the most widely used experimental designs.
The design is especially suited for field experiments where
the experimental area has a predictable productivity
gradient.
The primary distinguishing feature of the design is the
presence of blocks of equal size, each of which contains all
the treatments.
5. The Complete Randomized Block Design
- CRBD -
Treatments are assigned randomly within blocks.
Each treatment replicated only once per block.
The number of blocks is the number of replications.
Used to control variation in an experiment by accounting
for spatial effects.
6. Blocking
Blocking is used to overcome variability in
the experimental material, e.g:
Field slopes from East to West
A fertility gradient across the field
11. Plot Size
Practical considerations
availability of land
machinery to be used - drill width, spray boom, etc..
amount of material needed
cost - larger the plots the greater the cost
edge effects
Nature and size of variability
precision
12. Plot Shape
Long and thin or square?
Long, narrow plots for areas with different fertility.
gradient - length of the plots parallel to the fertility
gradient of the field.
Where fertility pattern unknown, patchy.
If edge effects are large, then plots should be
square.
13. The randomization process for this design is applied
separately and independently to each of the blocks.
Randomization Steps
STEP 1
The experimental area must be divide into equal size blocks.
STEP 2
Subdivide the first block into equal size experimental plots. Number
the plots consecutively from 1 to t, and assign treatments at
random to the plots.
STEP 3
Repeat step 2 completely for each of the remaining blocks.
16. Advantages
1) Complete flexibility; can have any number of treatments and
blocks.
2) Provides more accurate results than the completely
randomized design due to grouping.
3) Relatively easy statistical analysis even with missing data.
17. Disadvantages
1) Not suitable for large numbers of treatments because blocks
become too large.
2)Not suitable when complete block contains considerable
variability.
3) Interactions between block and treatment effects increase
error.
23. There are many comparison methods
1. Least Significant Difference LSD
2. Tukey’S Test
3. Dunnett's Method
4. Revised Least Significant Difference
5. Duncan's Multiple Range Test
6. Scheffe's F test
7. Welch's (1938) test
8. Mann Whitney-Wilcoxon U test
9. Fligner - Policellotes test
10. Student-Newman-Keuls(SNK) test
and many more ……
24. Least Significant Difference
1) Uses a t value from tables with the df of the standard error.
2) Most used, and powerful tests available, easy to calculate. (+)
3) Only for comparing mean of two treatments (individual t tests). (-)
4) Only when the result is significant. (-)
25. Tukey’S Test
1) The test compares every mean with every other mean.
2) To find differences between groups even when the overall ANOVA is not significant.
3) Can be used to determine which means amongst a set of means differ from the rest.
26. Dunnett's Method
1) Compare a control with each of several other treatments.
2) Can be used even if the result is non-significant.
28. BLOCK 1 BLOCK 2 BLOCK 3 BLOCK 4 BLOCK 5
C
(40.9)
A
(33.4)
B
(37.4)
D
(40.1)
C
(39.8)
F
(40.6)
D
(41.7)
C
(39.5)
C
(38.6)
D
(40.0)
E
(39.7)
B
(37.5)
D
(39.4)
E
(38.7)
A
(33.9)
B
(38.8)
F
(41.0)
E
(39.2)
A
(32.2)
B
(38.4)
A
(31.3)
E
(40.6)
F
(41.5)
F
(41.1)
E
(41.9)
D
(40.9)
C
(39.2)
A
(29.2)
B
(35.8)
F
(39.8)
- Treatments
6 Nitrogen fertilizer levels : 0, 50, 100, 150, 200, 250 kg/acer
- Blocks
5 equal size blocks
Layout
- Yield data: tons/acre
- 1 acer = 4.047 decare
35. Coefficient of variation CV
It indicates the degree of precision with which the treatments are
compared, and it is a good index of the reliability of the experiment.
It expresses the experimental error as percentage of the mean
The lower the cv value, the higher is the reliability of the experiment.
36. Relative Efficiency
It may be defined in terms of the cost of experimentation, time to collect data,
precision of the data obtained, etc. A commonly used index for comparing the
efficiency of two different designs.
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38. References
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