AB31082: Design and analysis of variance 2017

Practice questions
Case #1

Following is a set of data from an experiment of which the design was a CRD. Analyze the data and
report

Trt Rep Yield

1 1 28
1 2 31
1 3 26
1 4 25
2 1 35
2 2 32
2 3 28
2 4 40
3 1 31
3 2 24
3 3 18
3 4 15
4 1 41
4 2 38
4 3 29
4 4 36

Case # 2

Data collected for an experiment is recorded in the following table. The experimental design is a RCBD.
Analyze the data and report.

Variety Block Sugar content

1 1 241
1 2 256
1 3 211
1 4 229
1 5 240
2 1 179
2 2 189
2 3 215
2 4 241
2 5 237
3 1 321
 3 2 356
3 3 349
3 4 367
3 5 370
4 1 112
4 2 143
4 3 155
4 4 165
4 5 190
5 1 278
5 2 289
5 3 348
5 4 347
5 5 355

Case # 3

An experiment has been done to investigate the effect of A and B on the OM contentment which is an
output product from a certain process. It was found that A is a difficult to handled factor while B is an
easy to handle factor. Identify the design and analyze data and report the results.

A B Block OM A B Block OM A B Block OM

content content content
1 1 1 27.0 2 1 1 34.7 3 1 1 49.3
1 1 2 31.6 2 1 2 42.1 3 1 2 59.6
1 1 3 28.5 2 1 3 38.9 3 1 3 52.2
1 1 4 35.4 2 1 4 48.0 3 1 4 67.0
1 2 1 34.0 2 2 1 48.3 3 2 1 62.3
1 2 2 37.0 2 2 2 47.6 3 2 2 66.2
1 2 3 41.5 2 2 3 55.2 3 2 3 77.2
1 2 4 39.1 2 2 4 52.8 3 2 4 69.5
1 3 1 19.0 2 3 1 26.0 3 3 1 33.1
1 3 2 12.9 2 3 2 22.0 3 3 2 21.5
1 3 3 27.8 2 3 3 38.7 3 3 3 48.9
1 3 4 23.1 2 3 4 33.4 3 3 4 42.8
1 4 1 52.3 2 4 1 69.6 3 4 1 99.5
1 4 2 60.1 2 4 2 75.0 3 4 2 115.1
1 4 3 62.4 2 4 3 80.6 3 4 3 113.8
1 4 4 71.4 2 4 4 93.8 3 4 4 129.9