Towards understanding and use of mixed-model analysis of agricultural experiments

Canadian Journal of Plant Science

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 605-627

  Yang, Rong Cai ^a,b  

^a ALBERTA AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Analysis of variance; Fixed vs. random effects; General linear models; Inference spaces; Mixed models; Randomized complete block design; Split plot design

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION; AGRICULTURAL MODELING; AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; LINEARITY; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 77956915538     PISSN: 00084220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/CJPS10049     Document Type: Article

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