On choosing between fixed and random block effects in some no-interaction models

Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 323-334

  Ganju, Jitendra ^a  

^a ROCHE BIOSCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Balanced incomplete block designs; Block variance component; Response surface experiments; Unbalanced data

Indexed keywords

EID: 0043209404     PISSN: 03783758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0378-3758(00)00122-1     Document Type: Article

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