In his "Statistical Methods for Research Workers" Fisher (1925) introduced the world to ANOVA using data from the Rothamsted Agricultural Experimental Station. In one example, Fisher compared potato yield (per plant) for twelve potato varieties and three fertilizer treatments (a basal manure application, along with sulfur and chloride addition). Three replicates were measured for each of the 12 x 3 = 36 treatment combinations.
data(potato)
A data frame with 108 observations on the following 4 variables.
Yield
Potato yield in lbs per plant
Variety
Potato variety: Ajax
Arran comrade
British queen
Duke of York
Epicure
Great Scot
Iron duke
K of K
Kerrs pink
Nithsdale
Tinwald perfection
Up-to-date
Fert
Fertilizer type: B
= basal manure, Cl
= chloride addition, S
= sulfur addition.
Patch
Feld patch number 1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9