Fundamental considerations about design and sample size in strain comparisons and their implications

Aquaculture Research

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1855-1858

  Ponzoni, Raul W ^a   Nguyen, Nguyen Hong ^a   Khaw, Hooi Ling ^a  

^a WORLDFISH   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Comparisons; Design; Inference; Sample size; Strains

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DESIGN; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FISH CULTURE; SAMPLING;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 81255189631     PISSN: 1355557X     EISSN: 13652109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2109.2010.02789.x     Document Type: Article

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