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15 Examples 274this is for the paired dataY=syeX=sycY−axis: 1.8957 14.8835 X−axis: 8.2675 23.5051Figure 15.8: Rice bloodworm data: Plot of square root of root weight for treatedversus controlThere is an additional blocking term, however, due to the fact that the bloodwormswithin a run are derived from the same batch of larvae whereas betweenruns the bloodworms come from different sources. This defines a block structureof the formrun/tmt/variety = run + run.tmt + run.tmt.variety( = run + run.tmt + pair.tmt )Combining the two provides the full block structure for the design, namelyrun + run.variety + run.tmt + run.tmt.variety= run + run.variety + run.tmt + units= run + pair + run.tmt + pair.tmtIn line with the aims of the experiment the treatment structure comprises varietyand treatment main effects and treatment by variety interactions. In thetraditional approach the terms in the block structure are regarded as randomand the treatment terms as fixed. The choice of treatment terms as fixed orrandom depends largely on the aims of the experiment. The aim of this exampleis to select the ”best” varieties. The definition of best is somewhat more complexsince it does not involve the single trait sqrt(rootwt) but rather two traits,

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