Testing the assumption of normality for pH and electrical conductivity of substrate extract obtained using the pour-through method

HortScience

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 661-669

  Blythe, Eugene K ^a   Merhaut, Donald J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Empirical distribution function tests; Goodness of fit tests; Histograms; Moment tests; QQ plots; Shapiro Wilk test; Soluble salts

Indexed keywords

CONTAINERS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; PH EFFECTS;

EMPIRICAL DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION TESTS; GOODNESS-OF-FIT TESTS; HISTOGRAMS; MOMENT TESTS; SHAPIRO-WILK TEST;

AGRICULTURE;

AGRICULTURE; CONTAINERS; PH; RESISTIVITY;

EID: 34248531154     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.42.3.661     Document Type: Article

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