About Experiment Design

* As we have talked before, at present, I will mention something more

about the experimental design.
We all (4 teams) agree that we should make some improvements for the
area in which we take the experiment.

Figure 1: Net house map

For all 4 teams (2, 3, 5, 6):
In spite of three different levels of light (no extra light, medium extra light
and high extra light), we will reduce into two levels of light (medium extra light
and high extra light).
As you could see in the picture above, the effect of outdoor environment
could make difference between table 2, 3 and table 1. To solve this problem, we
use nylon bag to cover each table and also put “nylon wall” to separate the area in
each table into 2. To guarantee that the natural light can still fall into the house (so
that the plants will develop better), we use white nylon. New lamps will replace
old lamps to make sure that the light will be all same with 2 tables.
 Figure 2: Light application
We don’t need to use the Table 3 because there is enough area for all pots.
The area of Table 1 is enough for about 100 pots.
After we divide the area of Table 2 by 2, we have each area is about 1.2 m
of length and .6 m of width. The diameter of each pot is 10 cm. If we put all pots
nearby, we could have 72 pots in each area. However, we just need the locations
for 48 pots.
I think we should randomize the locations for all 4 teams at the same time.
Each team will have 12 pots in each area (1), (2), (3) and (4). We think that it
would be better if we mark number for all location of area (1), for example. Then,
we randomize pots into each area.
T1 T2 T5 T3 T1 T3 T1 T6
T3 T6 T4 T1 T4 T6 T2 T1
T5 T2 T3 T5 T3 T3 T1 T4
T1 T4 T2 T3 T2 T2 T6 T2
T5 T6 T4 T6 T1 T4 T3 T1
T4 T3 T1 T2 T5 T1 T5 T5
T1 T6 T2 T4 T6 T5 T4 T6
T3 T4 T6 T5 T3 T2 T4 T3
T2 T5 T3 T1 T6 T6 T6 T2
T6 T1 T5 T6 T5 T5 T2 T5
T5 T6 T2 T4 T4 T4 T3 T4
T4 T3 T1 T2 T2 T1 T5 T3
Randomization 1 Randomization 2
 T: treatment, there are 6 treatments for each group. One color represents
each group.
(In this example, I do randomization, not computer. In fact, we will use R.)
(A) If we use the Randomization 1, it’s clear that the 12 pots of each team
are really random!

(B) If we use the Randomization 2, each team has a line of 12 pots,

randomization is done in line. It’s easy to apply measurement and calculation!
However, it could lead to the same problem which is nesting (between the
locations of line)!!

I like choice B. It shows that each team needs to do their own

randomization in each area.
End.