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This document is a learning module focused on Agricultural Statistics, specifically detailing types of experiments and basic experimental designs. It outlines the learning outcomes for students, including the ability to discuss and differentiate various experimental designs, and provides a breakdown of laboratory, pot, and field experiments along with their advantages and limitations. Additionally, it covers single and multiple factor experiments, emphasizing their application in agricultural research.

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Module 5 AgStat

This document is a learning module focused on Agricultural Statistics, specifically detailing types of experiments and basic experimental designs. It outlines the learning outcomes for students, including the ability to discuss and differentiate various experimental designs, and provides a breakdown of laboratory, pot, and field experiments along with their advantages and limitations. Additionally, it covers single and multiple factor experiments, emphasizing their application in agricultural research.

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Learning Module 5
Week 10

Agricultural
Statistics
(Stat 1e)

CAMIGUIN POLYTECHNIC STATE


COLLEGE
CATARMAN CAMPUS
Institute of Agriculture
Tangaro, Catarman, Camiguin

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Table of Contents

Learning Module 5
TYPES OF EXPERIMENTS AND
THE BASIC EXPERIMENTAL
DESIGNS ..... ii

General Types of Experiments .................... 1

Kinds of Experiments based


on the factors involved ……….……..4

FINAL TERM
Submit your outputs on time.
Submission is on the schedule of
module retrieval. (See due date in
google classroom)

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Learning Outcomes:
At the end of the unit, the students are expected to:
1. Discuss the different types of experiments
2. Explain and differentiate the different Experimental Design
3. Calculate and Interpret result from different experimental design
4. Calculate and discuss the comparison among treatment means

General Types of Experiments


1. Laboratory experiments or trials
 Variance of all or
nearly all of the
possible influential
independent
variables not
pertinent to the
investigation is kept
at a minimum
 Done by isolating
the research in a
physical situation
apart from the
routine of ordinary
living and by manipulating one or more independent variables under
rigorously specified, operationalized and controlled conditions.

Purposes:
a.) to discover relations under “pure” and uncontaminated conditions
b.) to test predictions derived from theory primarily and other research
secondarily
c.) to refine theories and hypothesis
d.) to formulate hypothesis related to other experimentally tested
hypothesis

Strengths of laboratory experiments:


a.) possibility of relatively complete control

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The researcher can and often does isolate the research situation from the
life around the laboratory by eliminating the many extraneous influences
that may affect the dependent variable.
b.) achieving high degree of specificity of the variable
c.) High precision and replicability

2. Pot experiments or
trials
 Placing pots with
desired amounts of
soil samples and
under conditions
that may be
controlled to some
extent

Purposes:
a.) to provide rapid
means of
screening
experimental materials such as soil for potential nutritional limitations.
b.) to estimate approximate rates of materials as fertilizers needed.

 The pot may contain the exact volume of the soil needed by the
plant throughout its growing period
 Volume of rhizosphere should be bigger if yield data is desired.
 Advantages:
 a.) requires less time and materials
 b.) can be used to test several treatments
 c.) provide diagnostic result more quickly

Limitations:
a.) Pot trials may sometimes identify disorders which do not occur in the
field or vice versa because:
 Water or other climatic factors limit plant growth in the field.
 The amount of nutrients available to the plant may differ between
the pot and the field.

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 b.) The indicator plant or test plant in pot trials is usually
harvested at an immature stage

3. Field experiments or trials


 Study in a realistic
situation where the
interplay of plant,
soil, management
practices and
environmental
factors can occur.
 Study in a realistic
situation in which
one or more
independent
variables are
manipulated by the
researcher under
as carefully
controlled conditions as the situation will permit.
 The only way to establish fertilizer requirement accurately is by means of
field experiments where the full interplay of plant, soil, management and
environmental factors can occur.
Assessment of soil homogeneity for field experiment is necessary
 Soil pH mapping soil fertility gradient

Advantages of field experiments:


a.) Ultimate basis in making decisions as that of fertilizer
recommendations
b.) results can be extrapolated or transferred to other areas with similar
situations
c.) Show the benefits of treatments to farmers
d.) Economic evaluation of the results will give a better insight

Limitation:
a.) time consuming
b.) requires more effort in the assessment
c.) Requires large input of materials
d.) Limited number of treatments can be tested
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Kinds of Experiments based on
the factors involved

1. Single Factor Experiments (SFE)


Only 1 factor varies while others are kept constant
 Simple CRD
 Simple RCBD
 Latin Square Design

2. Multiple Factor Experiments


Multiple Factor Experiment (MFE)
2 or more factors vary and others are held constant
 Split-plot
 Strip-plot
 Split-split-pot
 Strip split pot
 Factorial in CRD
 Factorial in RCBD

Summary:

Laboratory experiments are done by isolating the research in a physical


situation apart from the routine of ordinary living and by manipulating
one or more independent variables under rigorously specified,
operationalized and controlled conditions. Study and researches from
the field of animal science usually falls under this kind of research
design.
Pots experiments are established by placing pots with desired
amounts of soil samples and under conditions that may be controlled
to some extent. This is common to the study in crop science that is
controlled.
Field experiments can be accomplished by the study in a realistic
situation in which one or more independent variables are manipulated

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by the researcher under as carefully controlled conditions as the
situation will permit.

Assessment:

Task 1. Answer the following in brief with 2-3 sentences only.


a. Define and describe the following: (3pts each)
➢ Laboratory experiments
➢ Pot experiments
➢ Field experiments
b. Give the difference between laboratory and pot experiments. (5pts)
c. Compare and contrast field and pots experiments. (5pts)
d. Give your insights regarding simple and multiple factors
experiments. (5pts)

References:

CMU Statistics Manual, 2014


APEC Agricultural and Technical Cooperation Working Group. (2013).
Agricultural Statistics Best Practice Methodology handbook
DAVIS, BOB.(2000). Introduction to Agricultural Statistics. Delmar Cengage
Learning; 1st Edition.
IDAIKKADAR M. N. (2001). Agricultural Statistics. A handbook for
Developing Countries. 1st Edition
RANGASWAMY.R. (2009). Agricultural Statistics. New Age
International Publisher. 8122425925

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Prepared by:

JESSA D. PABILLORE
[email protected]
09179869017
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