Determining variability, confidence, and statistical power in aquaculture experiments

Israeli Journal of Aquaculture - Bamidgeh

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 134-153

  Araujo, Pedro ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Confidence of the design; Error decomposition; Experimental design; Sources of variation; Statistical power

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS; ERROR ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL CULTURE; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FISHERY STATISTICS;

EID: 48749118701     PISSN: 0792156X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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