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An examination of the value of covariance in dairy cow nutrition experiments

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

M. S. Bartlett
Affiliation:
(Statistician, Imperial Chemical Industries, Agricultural Research Station, Jealott's Hill, Bracknell, Berks.)

Iv. summary

The results of a winter nutrition experiment on dairy cows were used as a uniformity trial in order to indicate the magnitude of the standard error we may expect if a continuous treatment experiment is designed with a preliminary control period.

An initial period of three weeks is suggested, and some discussion given on the design and analysis of this type of experiment.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1935

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