Avoiding Bias in Calculations of Relative Growth Rate
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Avoiding bias in calculations of relative growth rate.
In classical growth analysis, relative growth rate (RGR) is calculated as RGR = (ln W2 - ln W1)/(t2 - t1), where W1 and W2 are plant dry weights at times t1 and t2. Since RGR is usually calculated using destructive harvests of several individuals, an obvious approach is to substitute W1 and W2 with sample means W1 and W2. Here we demonstrate that this approach yields a biased estimate of RGR wh...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Annals of Botany
سال: 2002
ISSN: 1095-8290,0305-7364
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcf140