Sample size for estimating mean and coefficient of variation in species of crotalarias
ABSTRACT The objective of this study was to determine the sample size necessary to estimate the mean and coefficient of variation in four species of crotalarias (C. juncea, C. spectabilis, C. breviflora and C. ochroleuca). An experiment was carried out for each species during the season 2014/15. At harvest, 1,000 pods of each species were randomly collected. In each pod were measured: mass of pod with and without seeds, length, width and height of pods, number and mass of seeds per pod, and mass of hundred seeds. Measures of central tendency, variability and distribution were calculated, and the normality was verified. The sample size necessary to estimate the mean and coefficient of variation with amplitudes of the confidence interval of 95% (ACI95%) of 2%, 4%, ..., 20% was determined by resampling with replacement. The sample size varies among species and characters, being necessary a larger sample size to estimate the mean in relation of the necessary for the coefficient of variation.
Main Authors: | TOEBE,MARCOS, MACHADO,LETÍCIA N., TARTAGLIA,FRANCIELI L., CARVALHO,JULIANA O. DE, BANDEIRA,CIRINEU T., CARGNELUTTI FILHO,ALBERTO |
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Format: | Digital revista |
Language: | English |
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Academia Brasileira de Ciências
2018
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Online Access: | http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-37652018000401705 |
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