Biometrical Letters

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Volume 51 Number 2 pp. 171-179

Ewa Skotarczak 1, Ewa Bakinowska 1, Kamila Tomaszyk 1

1Department of Mathematical and Statistical Methods, Poznań University of Life Sciences, Wojska Polskiego 28, Poznań 60-637, Poland

An evaluation of the efficiency of plant protection products via nonlinear statistical methods – a simulation study

Abstract

A nonlinear statistical approach was used to evaluate the efficiency of plant protection products. The methodology presented can be implemented when the observations in an experiment are recorded as success or failure. This occurs, for example, when following the application of a herbicide or pesticide, a single weed or insect is classified as alive (failure) or dead (success). Then a higher probability of success means a higher efficiency of the tested product. Using simulated data sets, a comparison was made of three methods based on the logit, probit and threshold models, with special attention to the effect of sample size and number of replications on the accuracy of the estimation of probabilities.

Keywords: threshold model, logistic model, plant protection, simulated data

DOI: 10.2478/bile-2014-0012

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MLA Skotarczak, Ewa, et al. "An evaluation of the efficiency of plant protection products via nonlinear statistical methods – a simulation study." Biometrical Letters 51.2 (2014): 171-179. DOI: 10.2478/bile-2014-0012
APA Skotarczak, E., Bakinowska, E., & Tomaszyk, K. (2014). An evaluation of the efficiency of plant protection products via nonlinear statistical methods – a simulation study. Biometrical Letters 51(2), 171-179 DOI: 10.2478/bile-2014-0012
ISO 690 SKOTARCZAK, Ewa, BAKINOWSKA, Ewa, TOMASZYK, Kamila. An evaluation of the efficiency of plant protection products via nonlinear statistical methods – a simulation study. Biometrical Letters, 2014, 51.2: 171-179. DOI: 10.2478/bile-2014-0012