SCENARIO 11-11
an Agronomist Wants to Compare the Crop Yield

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SCENARIO 11-11
An agronomist wants to compare the crop yield of 3 varieties of chickpea seeds. She plants all 3
varieties of the seeds on each of 5 different patches of fields. She then measures the crop yield in
bushels per acre. Treating this as a randomized block design, the results are presented in the table that
follows. $\begin{array}{rrrr}\underline {\text { Fields }} &\underline {\text { Smith}}& \underline{\text {Walsh}}& \underline{\text {Trevor }}\\1&11.1 & 19.0 & 14.6 \\2&13.5 & 18.0 & 15.7 \\3&15.3 & 19.8 & 16.8 \\4&14.6 & 19.6 & 16.7 \\5&9.8 & 16.6 & 15.2\end{array}$
-Referring to Scenario 11-11, the value of MSA is __________, while MSBL is __________.

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Definitions:

Activity-based Costing

A costing method that assigns overhead and indirect costs to specific activities related to production.

Departmental Overhead Rates

The method for allocating overhead costs to specific departments based on relevant allocation bases, such as labor hours or machine hours.

Budgeted Activity Rate

The estimated rate or cost of business activities based on the budget for a specific period, often used for forecasting and planning purposes.

Reciprocal Services Method

A method of allocating service department costs to producing departments by considering the interdepartmental exchanges of services.