latin_square function

Generates a Latin Square Design

Randomly generates a latin square design of up 10 treatments.

latin_square(
  t = NULL,
  reps = 1,
  plotNumber = 101,
  planter = "serpentine",
  seed = NULL,
  locationNames = NULL,
  data = NULL
)

Arguments

• t: Number of treatments.
• reps: Number of full resolvable squares. By default reps = 1.
• plotNumber: Starting plot number. By default plotNumber = 101.
• planter: Option for serpentine or cartesian arrangement. By default planter = 'serpentine'.
• seed: (optional) Real number that specifies the starting seed to obtain reproducible designs.
• locationNames: (optional) Name for the location.
• data: (optional) Data frame with label list of treatments.

Returns

A list with information on the design parameters.

Data frame with the latin square field book.

A list with two elements.

• infoDesign is a list with information on the design parameters.
• fieldBook is a data frame with the latin square field book.

Examples

# Example 1: Generates a latin square design with 4 treatments and 2 reps.
latinSq1 <- latin_square(t = 4,
                         reps = 2,
                         plotNumber = 101,
                         planter = "cartesian",
                         seed = 1980)
print(latinSq1)
summary(latinSq1)
head(latinSq1$fieldBook)

# Example 2: Generates a latin square design with 5 treatments and 3 reps.
latin_data <- data.frame(list(ROW = paste("Period", 1:5, sep = ""),
                              COLUMN = paste("Cow", 1:5, sep = ""),
                              TREATMENT = paste("Diet", 1:5, sep = "")))
print(latin_data)
latinSq2 <- latin_square(t = NULL,
                         reps = 3,
                         plotNumber = 101,
                         planter = "cartesian",
                         seed = 1981,
                         data = latin_data)
latinSq2$squares
latinSq2$plotSquares
head(latinSq2$fieldBook)

References

Federer, W. T. (1955). Experimental Design. Theory and Application. New York, USA. The Macmillan Company.

Author(s)

Didier Murillo [aut], Salvador Gezan [aut], Ana Heilman [ctb], Thomas Walk [ctb], Johan Aparicio [ctb], Thiago de Paula Oliveira[ctb] Richard Horsley [ctb]