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II The Shere-milkin._, .A0rccr.'.e:1ts Order of 1944 and 194-6.
III Swmiar,y of -'nrk:i.nz Do.ta.
IV An estimBtc 0f the ?Dl":.l-cm:'l.er' s Dn3. the Share-milker's mana:;::�.::r:�ent c1".c'1r[_;2 D,S�irst the f8rm.
V Examples of ststistical methods used.
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TABLE OF SYMBOLS USED lN THE STATISTICAL SU1�IES
The symbols used in depicting the results of statistical analyses are principally those used by Snedecor (?). They are as follows:-
Symbol Description
X sx
N n
X
s
X
s
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sx ss t
r F
ss MS
Sign, NS
s
HS
df
c
B, C, D.M.
1/4, 1/3, 1/2.
Ever,y item successively.
"Summation X11•
Total number of items.
Number of items in each class or group (Sn equals N) The arithmetical mean.
Standard Deviati on.
Deviation of an item from the class mean.
Coefficient of Variation.
Standard error of the m ean.
Standard error of the standard deviation.
Student's (t) test of significance of mean difference.
Standard error of 11t11•
Total correlation or product moment c orrelation.
Fisher's 11F11 test of the differences among group means.
Sum of the squares.
Mean square or variance.
Not significant at the 5% level.
Significant at or above the 5% level .
Significant at or above the 1% level.
Degrees of freedom.
( (SX) )
2 Correction factor( :0 )
Butter, Cheese, Dried 1ulk factory supplying farms respectively.
Farms on which the type of share milking c ontract in operation is c ommonly known as Quarter-Share, Third-Share and Half-Share respectively.