AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENTATION

Course Information
TitleΓΕΩΡΓΙΚΟΣ ΠΕΙΡΑΜΑΤΙΣΜΟΣ / AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENTATION
CodeΝ523Ε
FacultyAgriculture, Forestry and Natural Environment
SchoolAgriculture
Cycle / Level1st / Undergraduate, 3rd / Doctorate
Teaching PeriodWinter
CommonYes
StatusActive
Course ID420001976

Programme of Study: PPS Geōponías (2019-sīmera)

Registered students: 0
OrientationAttendance TypeSemesterYearECTS
KORMOSElective Courses belonging to the otherWinter-5
FYTIKĪS PARAGŌGĪSElective Course belonging to the selected specialization (Elective Specialization Course)Winter-5

Class Information
Academic Year2016 – 2017
Class PeriodWinter
Faculty Instructors
Instructors from Other Categories
Weekly Hours4
Total Hours65
Class ID
600054115
Course Type 2016-2020
  • Background
  • Scientific Area
  • Skills Development
Course Type 2011-2015
Specific Foundation / Core
Mode of Delivery
  • Face to face
Erasmus
The course is also offered to exchange programme students.
Language of Instruction
  • Greek (Instruction, Examination)
  • English (Instruction, Examination)
Prerequisites
General Prerequisites
Students should be familiar with the use of computers. Students should have attended courses on Statistics.
Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, students will have: 1) knowledge of the decisions that need to be made when designing and setting up an experiment; 2) knowledge of the options available to them for statistical analysis; 3) practical skills for undertaking those analyses; 4) Critical thinking skills relative to the biological meaning and interpretation of the results of the statistical analyses; 5) the ability to present their findings in a style appropriate to the scientific literature.
General Competences
  • Apply knowledge in practice
  • Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
  • Make decisions
  • Work autonomously
  • Work in teams
  • Work in an international context
  • Work in an interdisciplinary team
  • Design and manage projects
  • Respect natural environment
  • Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
Introduction to agricultural experimentation. Aims of experiments in agriculture. Field experiments, greenhouse experiments, lab experiments. Methodology for setting up agricultural experiments. Randomization, replication, blocking. Intoduction to Analysis of Variance (ANOVA). Statistical hypothesis testing procedures. Experimental error. Completely Randomized Design. Comparisons of means. Randomized Complete Block Design. Latin Square Design. Factorial experiments. Main effects and interactions between factors. Introduction to Linear Regression. Data transformations. Examples and applications. Demonstration of statistical softwares. Practice for designing field experiments.
Keywords
Experimental designs, Analysis of Variance, Linear Regression
Educational Material Types
  • Notes
  • Slide presentations
  • Multimedia
  • Book
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
  • Use of ICT in Course Teaching
  • Use of ICT in Communication with Students
Description
Powerpoint, video, Excel, SPSS, educational software-tutorial, email.
Course Organization
ActivitiesWorkloadECTSIndividualTeamworkErasmus
Lectures
Tutorial
Total
Student Assessment
Description
100% written exams
Student Assessment methods
  • Written Exam with Multiple Choice Questions (Summative)
  • Written Exam with Short Answer Questions (Summative)
  • Written Exam with Problem Solving (Summative)
Bibliography
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
1)Φασούλας, Α. (2008). "Στοιχεία Πειραματικής Στατιστικής". Θεσσαλονίκη: Εκδόσεις Γαρταγάνη. (Κωδικός Εύδοξος: 1944).
Additional bibliography for study
) Μενεξές, Γ. (2007). Μια Δομημένη Προσέγγιση στην Πολυμεταβλητή Στατιστική Ανάλυση Βιολογικών, Περιβαλλοντικών, Κοινωνικών και Οικονομικών Δεδομένων. Στο Φυσικοί Πόροι, Περιβάλλον και Ανάπτυξη (σσ. 519-534). Επιμέλεια: Γ. Αραμπατζής και Σ. Πολύζος. Θεσσαλονίκη: Εκδόσεις Τζιόλα. 2) Μενεξές, Γ. & Οικονόμου, Α. (2002). Σφάλματα και Παρανοήσεις στους Στατιστικούς Ελέγχους Υποθέσεων: Υπέρβαση μέσω της Ανάλυσης Δεδομένων. Τετράδια Ανάλυσης Δεδομένων-Data Analysis Bulletin, 2, 52-64. 3) Μενεξές, Γ. (2013). Οδηγός Ανάλυσης Παραλλακτικότητας Δεδομένων Γεωργικών Πειραμάτων με Στατιστικά Πακέτα. Εκπαιδευτικές Σημειώσεις.
Last Update
08-07-2015