The Primary Interest of Designing a Randomized Block Experiment Is

question 102

Multiple Choice

The primary interest of designing a randomized block experiment is to:

• A) reduce the variation among blocks
• B) increase the between-treatments variation to more easily detect differences among the treatment means
• C) reduce the within-treatments variation to more easily detect differences among the treatment means
• D) increase the total sum of squares
• E) none of these

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