Bhartiya Krishi Anusandhan Patrika, volume 33 issue 3 (september 2018) : 200-202

Trend free designs under two source of heterogeneity useful for Animal Experiments

Arpan Bhowmik, Seema Jaggi, Eldho Varghese, Sunil Kumar Yadav, Mohd. Harun, Cini Varghese, Anindita Datta, Udaivir Singh
1<p>ICAR- Indian Agricultural Statistic Research Institute, New Delhi-110012, India&nbsp;</p>
Cite article:- Bhowmik Arpan, Jaggi Seema, Varghese Eldho, Yadav Kumar Sunil, Harun Mohd., Varghese Cini, Datta Anindita, Singh Udaivir (NaN). Trend free designs under two source of heterogeneity useful for Animal Experiments . Bhartiya Krishi Anusandhan Patrika. 33(3): 200-202. doi: 10.18805/BKAP116.

In any scientific experiments, heterogeneitymay present either in one direction or may be more than one directions. Designs under two source of heterogeneity is mainly used for such situations where there are evidences of two-source of heterogeneity. In this article, we have discussed some aspects of designs under two-source of heterogeneity along with examples of trend free designs for such situations.


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