beans {MNM}

Randomized Block Experiment of Plots of Beans

Description

Results of a randomized block experiment in the Cook Islands involving the effect of six different treatments on plots of beans infested by the serpentine leaf miner insect.

Usage

data(beans)

Format

A data frame with 24 observations on the following 5 variables.

Block

a factor with levels 1 2 3 4.

Treatment

a factor with levels 1 2 3 4 5 6.

y1

a numeric vector. The number of miners per leaf.

y2

a numeric vector. The weight of beans per plot (in kg).

y3

a numeric vector. 1/sin(sqrt(p)), where p is the proportion of leaves infested with borer.

Details

The value of variable y3 in Block 4 for Treatment 2 is an estimate of a missing value.

Source

Data courtesy of Dr. R. Fullerton.

References

Seber, G. A. F. (1998), Multivariate Observations, London: Arnold.

Examples

data(beans)
plot(beans)