Designing fish and shellfish nutrition experiments

Abstract

Statistical method is a powerful tool in experimental investigations, while planning and implementing experimental programmes, this fact, however, has been often ignored by many investigators may Mae due to lack of familiarity with the subject, as the foundations of statistical science are mathematical. But the logical reasoning and principles underlying the statistical method, are not difficult to comprehend and the actual application of these methods in designing experiments and analysing the resultant data are relatively straight-forward and in many cases fairly simple. The present article gives in brief the role of statistical designing in experiments with special reference to fish and shellfish nutrition. A few designs which can be used in nutrition experiments are also dealt with.