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SPATIAL v. TIME-SERIES DATA FOR ASSESSING RESPONSE RISK

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  • Watson, W.D.
  • Anderson, Jock R.

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A small case study of published data on response of dryland wheat to nitrogen fertilizer reveals that replication over space apparently substitutes rather poorly for replication over time, in estimating variance of yield conditional on level of fertilizer.

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  • Watson, W.D. & Anderson, Jock R., 1977. "SPATIAL v. TIME-SERIES DATA FOR ASSESSING RESPONSE RISK," Review of Marketing and Agricultural Economics, Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society, vol. 45(03), pages 1-5, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:remaae:9118
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.9118
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    2. Anderson, Jock R., 1974. "Risk Efficiency in the Interpretation of Agricultural Production Research," Review of Marketing and Agricultural Economics, Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society, vol. 42(03), pages 1-54, September.
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