Common mistakes in design and analysis of experiments

MistakesSome of my publications
False replication, also called pseudoreplication
  • T. H. Sparks, R. A. Bailey and D. A. Elston: Pseudoreplication: common (mal)practice. SETAC (Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry) News, 17(3) (1997), 12–13.
  • Section 8.1.5 of my book Design of Experiments.
  • R. A. Bailey and J. J. D. Greenwood: Effects of neonicotinoids on bees: an invalid experiment. Ecotoxicology, 27 (2018), 1–7. doi: 10.1007/s10646-017-1877
  • Using blocks in the design but not in the data analysis
  • Section 4.7 of my book Design of Experiments.
  • R. A. Bailey: Contribution to the discussion of `Balanced and robust randomized treatment assignments: the finite selection model for the Health Insurance Experiment and beyond' by Chattopadhyay, Morris and Zubizarreta. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series A, in press.
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