STRIP PLOT DESIGN

Two-Factors Experiment

Dr. Yousaf Hayat

Professor
Department of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science

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INTRODUCTION
 Strip plot design is a two factor experiment wherein the interaction effect
is measured with higher precision as compared to the main effects. It is
also called strip-block design. This design is achieved by taking three
plot sizes:
 Vertical strip for the first factor, called vertical factor
 Horizontal strip for the second factor, called horizontal factor
 Interaction plots for the interaction between the vertical and horizontal
factors
In strip plot design the precision of main effects is sacrificed for obtaining
more precision about the interaction effects. The layout of this design is
given below.
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Example: Strip Plot Design
 Three varieties of wheat
 Four nitrogen levels

V1 V2 V3 V1 V2 V3

N1 N1

N2 N2

N3 N3

N4 N4

• Two step randomization procedure for each block

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ANOVA of Strip-Plot Design

SOV df SS MS F-ratio
Block (r-1) SSR MSR FR = MSR/MSE(a)
Factor A (a-1) SSA MSA FA= MSA/MSE(a)
Error (a) (r-1)(a-1) SSE(a) MSE(a)
Factor (B) (b-1) SSB MSB FB = MSB/MSE(b)
Error (b) (r-1)(b-1) SSE(b) MSE(b)
AxB (a-1)(b-1) SSAB MSAB FAB = MSAB/MSE(ab)
Error (ab) (r-1)(a-1)(b-1) SSE(ab) MSE(ab)
Total (rab-1) SSTotal

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Advantages --- Disadvantages

Advantages
– Uses some factors that would be difficult to be applied to the small
plots.

Disadvantages
– Statistical analysis is not simple as compared to other designs like
split-plot designs and factorial experiments.
– Different factors and their interactions are measured/estimated with
different precisions.

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Numerical Example

 A pasture specialist wanted to determine the effect of phosphorus and

potash fertilizers on the dry matter production of barley to be used as a

forage

 Potash: K1=none, K2=25kg/ha, K3=50kg/ha

 Phosphorus: P1=25kg/ha, P2=50kg/ha

 Three blocks
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Replicated Data

Block-I Block-II Block-III

K1 K3 K2 K1 K2 K3 K3 K1 K2

P1 40 62 55 P2 45 57 68 P2 55 50 60

P2 64 75 65 P1 62 72 80 P1 74 64 73

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Data Entry Format
Treatment Combinations
Potash
Block (K) Phosphorus (P) Yield
1 1 1 40 K1 P1 ,
1 1 2 64
1 3 1 62
1 3 2 75 K1 P2 ,
1 2 1 55
1 2 2 65
2 1 2 45 K2 P1 ,
2 1 1 62
2 2 2 57
2 2 1 72 K2 P2 ,
2 3 2 68
2 3 1 80
3 3 2 55 K3 P1 ,
3 3 1 74
3 1 2 50
3 1 1 64 K3 P2
3 2 2 60
3 2 1 73
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ANOVA Table

SOV df SS MS F-ratio P-value

Block 2 45.44 22.722
Potash (K) 2 677.4 338.722 11.66 0.021
Error(a) 4 116.2 29.056
Phosphoru (P) 1 102.7 102.722 0.22 0.686
Error(b) 2 940.8 470.389
K*P 2 13.44 6.722 0.47 0.657
Error(ab) 4 57.56 14.389
Total 17 1954
Grand Mean = 62.278; CV(a) = 8.66; CV(b) = 34.83; CV(ab) = 6.09

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Results Interpretation
 From ANOVA, the F-test for interaction effect (K x P) is non significant
(P > 0.05) suggesting that these factors are independent to each other.
 In main effects, only potash effect is significant (P < 0.05) suggesting that
different levels of potash exert significant effect on the yield of barely. It
is evident from the mean analysis of potash, the yield of barley increased
with the increase of potash level.

Potash None K2 K3

Mean Yield 54.167 b 63.667 a 69.000 b

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 DISCUSSION

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