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Title:   Author  item
                                            Wuest, Stewart
  Submitted to: Information Agriculture Conference
                                    Publication Type: Proceedings
                                    Publication Acceptance Date: 5/24/2005
                                    Publication  Date: 7/19/2005
                                    Citation: Wuest, S.B. 2005. From anecdote to real data: how randomization and replication work. Information Agriculture Conference.Interpretive Summary:
                                Technical Abstract:  Conducting your own on-farm tests takes time and energy, and it is tempting to take short-cuts.  Once you understand the reasons scientists insist on proper replication and randomization, you will forever change your opinion of the value of unreplicated or anecdotal claims.  This presentation will explain the challenge in accurately measuring yield differences, and how some simple-to-follow principles solves those problems and allows us to have confidence in our results.  I will also give a visual demonstration, without any numbers or formulas, of how these simple statistical tools really work.


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