A Farmer Wishes to Test the Effects of a New

question 33

Multiple Choice

A farmer wishes to test the effects of a new fertilizer on her potato yield. She has four equal-sized plots ofland-- one with sandy soil, one with rocky soil, one with clay-rich soil, and one with average soil. She divideseach of the four plots into three equal-sized portions and randomly labels them A, B, and C. The four Aportions of land are treated with her old fertilizer. The four B portions are treated with the new fertilizer, andthe four Cʹs are treated with no fertilizer. At harvest time, the potato yield is recorded for each section of land.How many levels does the treatment have in this experiment?

• A) 3 (old, new, or no fertilizer)
• B) 4 (rocky, sandy, clay, or average soil)
• C) 12 (sections of land)
• D) 1 (potato yield)