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Statistical analysis of comparative field trials of acute rodenticides

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

L. W. Huson
L. W. Huson
Affiliation:
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Agricultural Science Service, Tolworth Laboratory, Hook Rise South, Tolworth, Surbiton, Surrey
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The present method of analysis of data from comparative field trials of acuterodenticides was compared with two alternative methods of analysis, using computer simulation techniques. One of the proposed alternative analyses, the use of post-treatment census takes as a percentage of pre-treatment census takes in an analysis of variance, was found to be more accurate, to avoid a theoretical difficulty associated with the present method, and is computationally much simpler.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Hygiene , Volume 84 , Issue 3 , June 1980 , pp. 341 - 346
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1980

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