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Which of the following statements is NOT true for Split Plot designs?

OPTIONS

Blocks in a Split Plot design serve as experimental units
Split plots are the same as completely randomized designs
Split plots are randomized twice
The randomization in split plots ensure split plot errors are independently distributed

ANSWER

Split plots are the same as completely randomized designs

EXPLANATION

FIRST, THIRD & FOURTH OPTIONS hold ground for Split plots, thus logically and conceptually as well SECOND OPTION is correct. Split plots and CRDs are different.

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