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MANE 6313

Week 4, Module E

Student Learning Outcome

Analyze simple comparative experiments and experiments with a single factor.

Module Learning Outcome

Interpret multiple comparisons of treatments.


Contrasts

  • A hypothesis from a linear combination of the parameters \(C=\sum_{i=1}^ac_iy_{i.}\) with the constraint that \(\sum_{i=1}^ac_i=0\)

  • Can be extended to multiple comparisons using orthogonal contrasts


Multiple Comparisons

  • Used to test \(H_0:\mu_i=\mu_j\) for all \(i\neq j\)

  • Only used if \(H_0\) is rejected

  • There are four methods presented in the textbook

    • LSD method

    • Duncan's multiple range test

    • Newman-Keuls test

    • Tukey's test

  • All methods control family-wise error rate not individual error rate

  • Read the section on "which method do I use?"


Review Mortar Example

Review of Mortar Example


"Fancy" Dot Plot of Mortar Example

  • requires ggPlot2 package

ggPlot2 Dot Plot


Dot Plot without Messages

  • Add "messages=FALSE" to "{r}"

ggPlot2 Dot Plot


Tukey Multiple Comparison Example

Tukey's Results - text


Tukey Multiple Comparison - Graphical

Tukey's Results - graphical


Other Multiple Comparison Techniques

  • R supports the following other methods
  • FisherLSD in package MAIT
  • Duncan.test in package agricolae
  • SnkTest in package PMCMRplus
  • The methods shown above will not be demonstrated in this class

R Demonstration