Chapter 4: Analysis of Variance and Designed Experiments

split_plot

Analyzes a wide variety of split-plot experiments with fixed, mixed or random factors.  The whole-plots can be assigned to experimental units using either a completely randomized or randomized complete block design. Function split_plot also analyzes split-plot experiments replicated at several locations.

Synopsis

#include <imsls.h>

float * imsls_f_split_plot (int n, int n_locations, int n_whole,
 int n_split, int rep[], int whole[], int split[], float y[],…, 0)

The type double function is imsls_d_split_plot.

Required Arguments

int n  (Input)
Number of missing and non-missing experimental observations.  imsls_f_split_plot verifies that:


int n_locations (Input)
Number of locations.  n_locations must be one or greater.   If n_locations>1, then the optional array locations[] must be included as input to imsls_f_split_plot.

int n_whole  (Input)
Number of levels associated with the whole-plot factor.  n_whole must be greater than one.

int n_split  (Input)
Number of levels associated with the split-plot factor.  n_split must be greater than one.

int rep[] (Input)

            An array of length n containing the block, or replicate, identifiers for each observation in y.  Locations can have different numbers of blocks or replicates.  Each block or replicate at a single location must be assigned a different identifier, but different locations can have the same assignments.

int whole[]  (Input)
An array of length n containing the whole-plot identifiers for each observation in y.  Each level of the whole-plot factor must be assigned a different integer.  imsls_f_split_plot verifies that the number of unique whole-plot identifiers is equal to n_whole.

int split[]  (Input)

            An array of length n containing the split-plot identifiers for each observation in y.  Each level of the split-plot factor must be assigned a different integer. imsls_f_split_plot verifies that the number of unique split-plot identifiers is equal to n_split.

float y[]  (Input)
An array of length n containing the experimental observations and any missing values.  Missing values cannot be omitted.  They are indicated by placing a NaN (not a number) in y. The NaN value can be set using either the function imsls_f_machine(6) or imsls_d_machine(6), depending upon whether single or double precision is being used, respectively.  At a single location, only one missing value per whole-plot is allowed.  The location, whole-plot and split-plot for each observation in y are identified by the corresponding values in the arguments locations, whole and split.

Return Value

Address of a pointer to the memory location of a two dimensional, 11 by 6 array containing the ANOVA table.  Each row in this array contains values for one of the effects in the ANOVA table.  The first value in each row,
anova_tablei,0 = anova_table[i*6], identifies the source for the effect associated with values in that row.  The remaining values in a row contain the ANOVA table values using the following convention:

j

anova_tablei,j = anova_table[I*6+j]

0

Source Identifier (values described below)

1

Degrees of freedom

2

Sum of squares

3

Mean squares

4

F-statistic

5

p-value for this F-statistic

The Source Identifiers in the first column of anova_tablei,j are the only negative values in anova_table[]. Assignments of identifiers to ANOVA sources use the following coding:

 

Source
Identifier


ANOVA Source

-1

LOCATION†

-2

BLOCK WITHIN LOCATION‡

-3

WHOLE-PLOT

-4

LOCATION × WHOLE-PLOT†

-5

WHOLE-PLOT ERROR

-6

SPLIT-PLOT

-7

LOCATION × SPLIT-PLOT†

-8

WHOLE-PLOT × SPLIT-PLOT

-9

LOCATION × WHOLE-PLOT × SPLIT-PLOT†

-10

SPLIT-PLOT ERRORÝ

-11

CORRECTED TOTAL

                        Notes: † If n_locations=1 sources involving location are set to missing (NaN).

                        ‡  If IMSLS_CRD is set, entries for block within location are set to missing, and its sum of squares and degrees of freedom are pooled into the whole-plot error.

Ý         Split-plot error component calculation varies depending upon the settings for
IMSLS_RCBD, IMSLS_LOC_FIXED, IMSLS_WHOLE_FIXED, IMSLS_SPLIT_FIXED, and upon whether n_locations=1. See the Description section below for details.

Synopsis with Optional Arguments

#include <imsl.h>

float * imsls_f_split_plot (int n, int n_locations, int n_whole,
int n_split, int rep[], int whole[], int split[], float y[],
IMSLS_RETURN_USER, float anova_table[]
IMSLS_LOCATIONS, int locations[],
IMSLS_LOC_RANDOM or IMSLS_LOC_FIXED,
IMSLS_RCBD or IMSLS_CRD,
IMSLS_WHOLE_FIXED or IMSLS_WHOLE_RANDOM,
IMSLS_SPLIT_FIXED or IMSLS_SPLIT_RANDOM,
IMSLS_N_MISSING, int *n_missing,
IMSLS_CV, float **cv,
IMSLS_CV_USER, float cv[],
IMSLS_GRAND_MEAN, float *grand_mean,
IMSLS_WHOLE_PLOT_MEANS, float **whole_plot_means,
IMSLS_WHOLE_PLOT_MEANS_USER, float whole_plot_means[],
IMSLS_SPLIT_PLOT_MEANS, float **split_plot_means,
IMSLS_SPLIT_PLOT_MEANS_USER, float split_plot_means[],
IMSLS_TREATMENT_MEANS, float **treatment_means,
IMSLS_TREATMENT_MEANS_USER, float treatment_means[],
IMSLS_STD_ERRORS, float **std_err,
IMSLS_STD_ERRORS_USER, float std_err[],
IMSLS_N_BLOCKS int **n_blocks,
IMSLS_N_BLOCKS_USER, int n_blocks[],
IMSLS_BLOCK_SS float **block_ss,
IMSLS_BLOCK_SS_USER, float block_ss[],
IMSLS_WHOLE_PLOT_SS float **whole_plot_ss,
IMSLS_WHOLE_PLOT_SS_USER, float whole_plot_ss[],
IMSLS_SPLIT_PLOT_SS float **split_plot_ss,
IMSLS_SPLIT_PLOT_SS_USER, float split_plot_ss[],
IMSLS_WHOLEXSPLIT_PLOT_SS float **wholexsplit_plot_ss,
IMSLS_WHOLEXSPLIT_PLOT_SS_USER,
                                                                      float wholexsplit_plot_ss[],
IMSLS_WHOLE_PLOT_ERROR_SS float **whole_plot_error_ss,
IMSLS_WHOLE_PLOT_ERROR_SS_USER,
                                                                      float whole_plot_error_ss[],
IMSLS_SPLIT_PLOT_ERROR_SS float **split_plot_error_ss,
IMSLS_SPLIT_PLOT_ERROR_SS_USER,
                                                                      float split_plot_error_ss[],
IMSLS_TOTAL_SS float **total_ss,
IMSLS_TOTAL_SS_USER, float total_ss[],
IMSLS_ANOVA_ROW_LABELS, char ***anova_row_labels,
IMSLS_ANOVA_ROW_LABELS_USER, char *anova_row_labels[],

     0)

Optional Arguments

IMSLS_RETURN_USER, float anova_table[] (Output)
User defined array of length 66 for storage of the 11 by 6 Anova table described as the return argument for imsls_f_split_plot.  For a detailed description of the format for this table, see the previous description of the return arguments for imsls_f_split_plot.

IMSLS_LOCATIONS, int locations[]  (Input)
An array of length n containing the location identifiers for each observation in y.  Unique integers must be assigned to each location in the study.  This argument is required when n_locations>1.

IMSLS_LOC_FIXED or IMSLS_LOC_RANDOM (Input)
A characteristic controlling whether the location factor is treated as a fixed or random effect, when n_locations>1.  IMSLS_LOC_FIXED and IMSLS_LOC_RANDOM  imply that the factor is a fixed effect or random effect, respectively. 
Default: IMSLS_LOC_RANDOM

IMSLS_RCBD or

IMSLS_CRD (Input)
Whole-plot randomization characteristic:  IMSLS_RCBD implies that whole-plots are assigned to whole-plot experimental units using a randomized complete block design.  IMSLS_CRD implies that whole-plots are completely randomized to whole-plot experimental units.  Default: IMSLS_RCBD

IMSLS_WHOLE_FIXED or

IMSLS_WHOLE_RANDOM (Input)
Whole-plot characteristic.  IMSLS_WHOLE_FIXED implies that the whole-plot factor is a fixed effect, and IMSLS_WHOLE_RANDOM implies that it is a random effect.
Default: IMSLS_WHOLE_FIXED

IMSLS_SPLIT_FIXED or IMSLS_SPLIT_RANDOM (Input)
Split-plot characteristic.  IMSLS_SPLIT_FIXED implies that the split-plot factor is a fixed effect, and IMSLS_SPLIT_RANDOM implies that it is a random effect.
Default: IMSLS_SPLIT_FIXED.

IMSLS_N_MISSING, int *n_missing  (Output)
 Number of missing values, if any, found in y. Missing values are denoted with a NaN (Not a Number) value.

IMSLS_CV, float **cv (Output)
Address of a pointer to  an internally allocated array of length 2 containing the whole-plot and split-plot coefficients of variation.  cv[0] contains the whole-plot C.V., and cv[1] contains the split-plot C.V.

IMSLS_CV_USER, float cv[] (Output)
Storage for the array cv, provided by the user.

IMSLS_GRAND_MEAN, float *grand_mean (Output)
Mean of all the data across every location.        

IMSLS_WHOLE_PLOT_MEANS, float **whole_plot_means (Output)
Address of a pointer to an internally allocated array of length n_whole containing the whole-plot means.

IMSLS_WHOLE_PLOT_MEANS_USER, float whole_plot_means[] (Output)
Storage for the array whole_plot_means, provided by the user.

IMSLS_SPLIT_PLOT_MEANS, float **split_plot_means (Output)
Address of a pointer to an internally allocated array of length n_split containing the split-plot means.

IMSLS_SPLIT_PLOT_MEANS_USER, float split_plot_means[] (Output)
Storage for the array split_plot_means, provided by the user.

IMSLS_TREATMENT_MEANS, float **treatment_means (Output)
Address of a pointer to an internally allocated array of size
(n_whole * n_split) containing the treatment means. For
i > 0 and  j > 0, treatment_meansi,j = treatment_means[(i-1)*n_split+j-1] contains the mean of the observations, averaged over all locations, blocks and replicates, for the jth split-plot within the ith whole-plot.

IMSLS_TREATMENT_MEANS_USER, float treatment_means[]  (Output)
Storage for the array treatment_means, provided by the user.

IMSLS_STD_ERRORS, float **std_err (Output)
Address of a pointer to an internally allocated array of length 10 containing five standard errors and their associated degrees of freedom.

 

 

Element

Standard Error for

Comparisons Between Two

Degrees of Freedom

std_err[0]

Whole-Plot Means

std_err[5]

std_err[1]

Split-Plot Means

std_err[6]

std_err[2]

Split-Plots within same Whole-Plot

std_err[7]

std_err[3]

Whole-Plots within same Split-Plot

std_err[8]

std_err[4]

Treatment Means 

(same whole-plot, split-plot and sub-plot)

std_err[9]

IMSLS_STD_ERRORS_USER, float std_err[] (Output)
Storage for the array std_err, provided by the user.

IMSLS_N_BLOCKS, int **n_blocks (Output)
 Address of a pointer to an internally allocated array of length n_locations containing the number of blocks, or replicates, at each location.

IMSLS_N_BLOCKS_USER, int n_blocks[] (Output)
Storage for the array n_blocks, provided by the user.

IMSLS_BLOCK_SS, float **block_ss (Output)
Address of a pointer to an internally allocated 2-dimensional array of size n_locations  by 2 containing the sum of squares for blocks and their associated degrees of freedom for each location.                

IMSLS_BLOCK_SS_USER, float block_ss[] (Output)
Storage for the array block_ss, provided by the user. Address of a pointer to an internally allocated 2-dimensional array of size n_locations  by 2 containing the sum of squares for blocks and their associated degrees of freedom for each location.

IMSLS_WHOLE_PLOT_SS, float **whole_plot_ss (Output)
Address of a pointer to an internally allocated 2-dimensional array of size n_locations  by 2 containing the sum of squares for whole-plots and their associated degrees of freedom for each location.

IMSLS_WHOLE_PLOT_SS_USER, float whole_plot_ss[] (Output)
Storage for the array whole_plot_ss, provided by the user.

IMSLS_SPLIT_PLOT_SS, float **split_plot_ss (Output)
Address of a pointer to an internally allocated 2-dimensional array of size n_locations  by 2 containing the sum of squares for split-plots and their associated degrees of freedom for each location.

IMSLS_SPLIT_PLOT_SS_USER, float split_plot_ss[] (Output)
Storage for the array split_plot_ss, provided by the user.

IMSLS_WHOLEXSPLIT_PLOT_SS, float **wholexsplit_plot_ss (Output)
Address of a pointer to an internally allocated 2-dimensional array of size n_locations  by 2 containing the sum of squares for whole-plot by split-plot interaction and their associated degrees of freedom for each location.

IMSLS_WHOLEXSPLIT_PLOT_SS_USER, float wholexsplit_plot_ss[] (Output)
Storage for the array wholexsplit_plot_ss, provided by the user.

IMSLS_WHOLE_PLOT_ERROR_SS, float **whole_plot_error_ss (Output)
Address of a pointer to an internally allocated 2-dimensional array of size n_locations  by 2 containing the sum of squares for whole-plots and their associated degrees of freedom for each location.

IMSLS_WHOLE_PLOT_ERROR_SS_USER, float whole_plot_error_ss[] (Output)
Storage for the array whole_plot_error_ss, provided by the user.

IMSLS_SPLIT_PLOT_ERROR_SS, float **split_plot_error_ss (Output)
Address of a pointer to an internally allocated 2-dimensional array of size n_locations  by 2 containing the sum of squares for split-plots and their associated degrees of freedom for each location.

IMSLS_SPLIT_PLOT_ERROR_SS_USER, float split_plot_error_ss[] (Output)
Storage for the array split_plot_error_ss, provided by the user.

IMSLS_TOTAL_SS, float **total_ss  (Output)
Address of a pointer to an internally allocated 2-dimensional array of size n_locations  by 2 containing the corrected total sum of squares and their associated degrees of freedom for each location.

IMSLS_TOTAL_SS_USER, float total_ss[]  (Output)
Storage for the array total_ss, provided by the user.

IMSLS_ANOVA_ROW_LABELS, char ***anova_row_labels  (Output)
Address of a pointer to a pointer to an internally allocated array containing the labels for each of the n_anova rows of the returned ANOVA table.  The label for the i-th row of the ANOVA table can be printed with  printf("%s", anova_row_labels[i]);

The memory associated with anova_row_labels  can be freed with a single call to free(anova_row_labels).

IMSLS_ANOVA_ROW_LABELS_USER, char *anova_row_labels[]  (Output)
Storage for the array anova_row_labels, provided by the user.  The amount of space required will vary depending upon the number of factors and n_anova.   An upperbound on the required memory is
char *anova_row_labels[600].

Description

Function imsls_f_split_plot is capable of analyzing a wide variety of split-plot experiments.   Whole-plot and split-plot factors can each be designated as either fixed or random, allowing for experiments with fixed, random or mixed treatment effects.  By default, imsls_f_split_plot assumes that all treatment factors are fixed effects, i.e. IMSLS_WHOLE_FIXED and IMSLS_SPLIT_FIXED are default settings. Whole-plot or split-plot factors can each be declared as random effects by setting the optional input arguments IMSLS_WHOLE_RANDOM and IMSLS_SPLIT_RANDOM, respectively. 

Split-plot experimental designs can also vary in the assignment of the whole-plot factor to its experimental units.  In some cases, this assignment is completely random.  For example, in a drug study the experimental unit might be the subject receiving a treatment.  The whole-plot factor, possibly different treatments, could be assigned in one of two ways.  Each subject could receive only one treatment or each could receive all treatments over an appropriate period of time.  If each subject received only a single randomly selected treatment, then this design constitutes a completely randomized design for the whole-plot factor, and the optional input argument IMSLS_CRD must be set. 

On the other hand, if each subject receives every treatment in random order, then the subject is a blocking factor, and this sampling scheme constitutes a randomized complete block design.  In this case, it is necessary to assume that there are no carry-over effects from one treatment to another.  This sampling scheme is the default setting, i.e. IMSLS_RCBD is the default setting.

A similar randomization choice occurs in agricultural field trials.  A trial designed to test different fertilizers and different seed lots can be conducted in one of two ways.  The whole-plot factor, fertilizer, can be applied to different fields, or each can be applied to sub-divisions of these fields. In either case, a field is the whole-plot experimental unit.  In the first case in which only a single randomly selected fertilizer is applied to a single field, the whole-plot factor is not blocked and this scheme is called as a completely randomized design, and the optional input argument IMSLS_CRD must be set.  However, if fertilizers are applied to sub-plots within a field, then the whole-plot factor is blocked within fields and this assignment is referred to as a randomized complete block design.  By default, this routine assumes that levels of the whole-plot factor are randomly assigned within blocks, i.e. IMSLS_RCBD is the default setting for randomizing whole-plots.

The essential distinction between split-plot experiments and completely randomized or randomized complete block experiments is the presence of a second factor that is blocked, or nested, within each level of the whole-plot factor.  This second factor is referred to as the split-plot factor, see Figure 1.  If levels of this factor were completely randomized, then two or more treatments with the same split-plot level could be assigned to the same whole-plot level, see Figure 2.

 

Whole Plot Factor

A2

A1

A4

A3

A2B1

A1B3

A4B1

A3B2

A2B3

A1B1

A4B3

A3B1

A2B2

A1B2

A4B2

A3B2

Figure 1 – Split-Plot Experiments – Split-Plot B Nested within Whole-Plot A

CRD

A3B2

A1B3

A4B1

A4B3

A2B3

A1B1

A3B2

A1B2

A2B2

A3B1

A2B1

A4B2

Figure 2 – Completely Randomized Experiments – Both Factors Randomized

In some studies, a split-plot experiment is replicated at several locations.  Function imsls_f_split_plot can also analyze split-plot experiments replicated at multiple locations, even when the number of blocks or replicates at each location are different.  If only a single replicate or block is used at each location, then location should be treated as a blocking factor, with n_locations set equal to one. If n_locations=1, it is assumed that the experiment was conducted at a single location with more than one block or replicate at that location.  In this case, the four entries associated with location in the Anova table will contain missing values.

However, if n_locations>1, it is assumed the experiment was repeated at multiple locations, with replication or blocking occurring at each location.  Although the number of blocks, or replicates, at each location can be different, the number of levels for whole-plot and split-plot factors, n_whole and n_split, must be the same at each location.  The location associated with y[i] is specified in location[i], which is a required input argument when n_locations>1. 

By default, locations are assumed to be random effects.  However, they can be specified as fixed effects by setting the optional argument IMSLS_LOC_FIXED.  This setting changes the calculations of the F-tests for whole-plot and split-plot factors.  If locations are assumed to be fixed effects, then the whole-plot and split-plot errors at each location are pooled to form the whole-plot and split-plot errors.  This can dramatically increase the degrees of freedom associated with the F-test for the treatment factors, resulting in smaller p-values.  However, pooling the error terms from different locations requires experimenters to assume that the errors at each location are approximately the same.  This should be verified using a test for homogeneity of variance, such as Bartlett’s or Levene’s test.

On the other hand, if locations are assumed to be random effects, then tests involving whole-plots use the interaction between whole-plots and locations as the error term for testing whether there are statistically significant differences among whole-plot factor levels.  However, this assumes that the interaction of whole-plots and locations is not statistically significant.  A test of this assumption uses the pooled whole-plot error.  If the interaction between whole-plots and locations is statistically significant, then the nature of that interaction should be explored since it impacts the interpretation of the significance of the whole-plot treatment factor.

Similarly, when locations are assumed to be random effects, tests involving split-plots do not use the split-plot errors pooled across locations.  Instead, the error term for split plots is the interaction between locations and split-plots.  The split-plot by whole-plot interaction is tested against the location by split-plot by whole-plot interaction. 

Suppose, for example, that a researcher wanted to conduct an agricultural experiment comparing the effectiveness of 4 fertilizers with 4 seed lots.  One replicate of the experiment is conducted at each of the 3 farms. That is, only a single field at each location is assigned to this experiment. 

The field at each farm is divided into 4 whole-plots and the fertilizers are randomly assigned to each of the 4 whole-plots.  Each whole-plot is then further divided into 4 split-plots, and the seed lots are randomly assigned to these split-plots.

In this case, each farm is a blocking factor, fertilizers are whole-plots and seed lots are split-plots.  The input array rep would contain integers from 1 to the number of farms.

However, if each farm allocated more than a single field for this study, then each farm would be treated as a different location with n_locations set equal to the number of farms, and fields would be treated as blocking factor.  The array rep would contain integers from 1 to the number fields used in a farm, and locations[] would contain integers from 1 to the number of farms.

In summary this routine can analyze 3x2x2x2=24 different experimental situations, depending upon the settings of:

1.     Locations (none, fixed or random): specified by setting n_locations, locations[] and IMSLS_LOC_FIXED or IMSLS_LOC_RANDOM.

2.     Whole-plot sampling (CRD or RCBD):  specified by setting IMSLS_CRD or IMSLS_RCBD.

3.     Whole-plot effect (fixed or random):  specified by setting either IMSLS_WHOLE_FIXED or IMSLS_WHOLE_RANDOM.

4.     Split-plot effect (fixed or random):  specified by setting either IMSLS_SPLIT_FIXED or IMSLS_SPLIT_RANDOM.

The default condition depends upon the value for n_locations. If n_locations>1, locations are assumed to be a random effect.  Assignment of experimental units to whole-plots is assumed to use a RCBD design and both whole-plots and split-plots are assumed to be fixed effects.

Example

This example uses data from a split-plot design consisting of 2 whole-plots and 4 split-plots.

 

#include <stdlib.h>

#include <math.h>

#include "imsls.h"

 

void main()

{

  char *col_labels[] = {" ", "\nID", "\nDF", "\nSSQ",

                        "Mean\nsquares", "\nF", "\np-value"};

  int i, page_width = 132;

 

  int n = 24;                /* Total number of observations */

  int n_locations = 1;       /* Number of locations */

  int n_whole = 2;           /* Number of Whole-plots within a location */

  int n_split = 4;           /* Number of Split-plots within a location, Whole_plot */

  int rep[]={

    1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1,

    2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2,

    3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3};

  int whole[]={

    1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2,

    1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2,

    1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2};

  int split[]={

    1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 3, 4,

    1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 3, 4, 

    1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 3, 4};

  float y[] ={

    30.0, 40.0, 38.9, 38.2,

    41.8, 52.2, 54.8, 58.2,

    20.5, 26.9, 21.4, 25.1,

    26.4, 36.7, 28.9, 35.9,

    21.0, 25.4, 24.0, 23.3,

    34.4, 41.0, 33.0, 34.9};

  float grand_mean;

  float *aov;

  float *treatment_means;

  float *whole_plot_means;

  float *split_plot_means;

  int *equal_means;

  char **aov_row_labels;

 

  aov = imsls_f_split_plot(n, n_locations, n_whole, n_split,

                           rep, whole, split, y,

                           IMSLS_GRAND_MEAN, &grand_mean,

                           IMSLS_TREATMENT_MEANS, &treatment_means,

                           IMSLS_WHOLE_PLOT_MEANS, &whole_plot_means,

                           IMSLS_SPLIT_PLOT_MEANS, &split_plot_means,

                           IMSLS_ANOVA_ROW_LABELS, &aov_row_labels,

                           0);

 

  /* Output results. */

  imsls_page(IMSLS_SET_PAGE_WIDTH, &page_width);

 

  /* Print ANOVA table, without first column. */

  imsls_f_write_matrix("   *** ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE TABLE ***",

                       11, 6, aov,

                       IMSLS_WRITE_FORMAT, "%3.0f%3.0f%8.2f%7.2f%7.2f%7.3f",

                       IMSLS_ROW_LABELS, aov_row_labels,

                       IMSLS_COL_LABELS, col_labels,

                       0);

 

  /* Print the various means. */

  printf("\n\nGrand mean: %f\n", grand_mean);

  imsls_f_write_matrix("Treatment Means", n_whole, n_split,

                       treatment_means, 0);

  imsls_f_write_matrix("Whole-plot  Means", n_whole, 1,

                       whole_plot_means, 0);

  imsls_f_write_matrix("Split-plot Means", n_split, 1,

                       split_plot_means, 0);

 

}

 

Output

 

                    *** ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE TABLE ***

                                                Mean

                          ID   DF       SSQ  squares        F  p-value

Location                  -1  ...  ........  .......  .......  .......

Block Within Location     -2    2   1310.28   655.14    30.82    0.031

Whole-Plot                -3    1    858.01   858.01    40.37    0.024

Location x Whole-Plot     -4  ...  ........  .......  .......  .......

Whole-Plot Error          -5    2     42.51    21.26     2.03    0.173

Split-Plot                -6    3    227.73    75.91     7.26    0.005

Location x Split-Plot     -7  ...  ........  .......  .......  .......

Whole-Plot x Split-Plot   -8    3     13.40     4.47     0.43    0.737

Location x Whole-Plot x   -9  ...  ........  .......  .......  .......

   Split-Plot

Split-Plot Error         -10   12    125.39    10.45  .......  .......

Corrected Total          -11   23   2577.33  .......  .......  .......

 

 

Grand mean: 33.870834

 

                   Treatment Means

             1            2            3            4

1        23.83        30.77        28.10        28.87

2        34.20        43.30        38.90        43.00

 

Whole-plot  Means

 1        27.89

 2        39.85

 

Split-plot Means

 1        29.02

 2        37.03

 3        33.50

 4        35.93

 

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