Unification of statistical and economic analysis

Abstract

This is one of a new series of publications from CIMMYT entitled Training Working Documents. The purpose of these publications is to distribute, in a timely fashion, training-related materials developed by CIMMYT staff and colleagues. Some Training Working Documents will present new ideas that have not yet had the benefit of extensive testing in the field while others will present infonnation in a fonn that the authors have tested and found useful for teaching. Training Working Documents are intended for distribution to participants in courses sponsored by CIMMYT and to other interested scientists, trainers, and students. Users of these documents are encourage to provide feedback as to their usefulness and suggestions on how they might be improved. These documents may then be revised based on suggestions from readers and users and published in a more fonnal fashion. CIMMYT is pleased to begin this new series of publications with a set of six documents developed by Professor Roger Mead of the Applied Statistic Department, University of Reading, United Kingdom, in cooperation with CIMMYT staff. The fust five documents address various aspects of the use of statistics for on-fann research design and analysis, and the sixth addresses statistical analysis of intercropping experiments. The documents provide on-fann research practitioners with innovative infonnation not yet available elsewhere