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Plot 1 |
Plot 2 |
Plot 3 |
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Plant |
Shoot length cm |
Plant |
Shoot length cm |
Plant |
Shoot length cm |
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1 |
74 |
93 |
93 |
9 |
95 |
95 |
86 |
72 |
15 |
118 |
116 |
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|
2 |
125 |
95 |
10 |
135 |
85 |
16 |
74 |
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|
3 |
135 |
122 |
89 |
11 |
109 |
79 |
17 |
70 |
86 |
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|
4 |
116 |
95 |
12 |
109 |
102 |
92 |
18 |
138 |
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|
5 |
179 |
120 |
13 |
79 |
66 |
19 |
117 |
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|
6 |
165 |
14 |
106 |
96 |
97 |
100 |
20 |
92 |
115 |
117 |
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|
7 |
90 |
105 |
70 |
21 |
112 |
118 |
122 |
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|
8 |
117 |
22 |
115 |
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23 |
116 |
118 |
122 |
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Only below ground shoots from the tuber were measured. Those from above ground stems were ignored.
Question: Should you use the mean shoot length for each tuber… or the longest shoot? (What is your hypothesis?)