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Potentially interesting Napa Wine growing datasets using experimental designs for use in teaching statistics

  • 1.  Potentially interesting Napa Wine growing datasets using experimental designs for use in teaching statistics

    Posted 11-06-2023 15:32

    I live in Northern California and near Napa Valley - a region well known for growing grapes and wine making. UCD has a Viticulture / Enology program. 

    I will be helping organizing a "datafest"  in 2024 for Fresno State and have been looking for datasets for that

    I thought section members may be interested in some , possibly interesting  Winery, and Grape growing and related datasets with use of more sophisticated  experimental designs for possible use  in teaching statistics. And original data seems to be readily available

    This article reports on  a split plot design with four replications, 

    https://www.ajevonline.org/content/57/3/314

    Response of Fruit Growth and Ripening to Crop Level in Dry-Farmed Cabernet Sauvignon on Four Rootstocks
    Vitale Nuzzo, Mark A. Matthews..]

    ---------------------->>>>> a google search on the title locates the article at UCD, excerpting

    https://wineserver.ucdavis.edu/sites/g/files/dgvnsk2676/files/research-summaries/83%20crop%20level%20and%20ripening%20in%20dry%20fa

    The trial ran for 2 years (1997-1998) at the University of California's Oakville Experimental vineyard (Napa
    Valley) and was a split-plot design with 4 replications....



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    Chris Barker, Ph.D.
    2023 Chair Statistical Consulting Section
    Consultant and
    Adjunct Associate Professor of Biostatistics
    www.barkerstats.com


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