Terms |
Definitions |
Analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) |
compare one factors in 2 or more groups or correct for varability more than one variable |
Analysis of variance (ANOVA) |
a) statisitcal tool that compares two or more unknown population means; b) method for partitioning the total variation of the data into meaningful components, and comparing these different sources of variation (Kozak, A. et al., 2008) |
Basic Statistics |
Mean, Median, Minimum, Maximum, Standard Deviation Graphical, Histogram, Scatterplot |
Block (blocking) |
grouping smaller more uniform experimental units in order to place qualitative, ordinal or nominal level factors into categories (Kozak, A. et al., 2008). |
Block design |
technique where treatments are grouped depending on their attributes to create different categories (Cluwer and Scarisbrick, 2001). |
Bonferroni test |
test preformed after the null hypothesis is rejected to indicate which of the means are different (Kozak, A. et al., 2008). |
Cable skidder |
forestry machinary that is fitted with a cable drum to pull out cut trees from a site (forestsandrangelands.gov) |