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Author: William Navidi, Barry Monk

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education

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Chapter 1.3, Problem 20E

An agricultural scientist wants to determine the effect of fertilizer type on the yield of tomatoes. There are four types of fertilizer under consideration. She plants tomatoes on four plots of land. Each plot is treated identically except for receiving a different type of fertilizer.

What are the treatments?
Is this a randomized experiment or an observational study?
The yields differ substantially among the four plots. Can you conclude that the differences in yield are due to the differences in fertilizer? Explain.

Chapter 1.3, Problem 20E, An agricultural scientist wants to determine the effect of fertilizer type on the yield of tomatoes.

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