Treatment factor has levels. There are two blocking factors and , each with levels, and a Latin square is used for the experimental design. Assume the following linear model:
where is the overall mean, are the effects of the levels of the blocking factor , are the effects of the levels of the blocking factor , are the effects of the levels of the treatment factor , and the are assumed to be independent random variables.
Part a)
How many observations are there on level 1 of in the experiment?
Part b)
How many df are there for residuals?
Part c)
Consider the contrast . The variance of its least squares estimator is of the form . Enter to 3 decimal places.
Part d)
Suppose we test the null hypothesis against the alternative using the test statistic . How large does the test statistic have to be to reject at significance level 1%? Enter you answer to 3 decimal places.
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