The Whitefly in California The whitefly, which causes defoliation of shrubs and tree...

The Whitefly in California The whitefly, which causes defoliation of shrubs and trees and a reduction in salable crop yields, has emerged as a pest in Southern California. In a study to determine factors that affect the life cycle of the whitefly, an experiment was conducted in which whiteflies were placed on two different types of plants at three different temperatures. The observation of interest was the total number of eggs laid by caged females under one of the six possible treatment combinations. Each treatment combination was run using five cages.

a. What type of experimental design has been used?

b. Do the data provide sufficient evidence to indicate that the effect of temperature on the number of eggs laid is different depending on the type of plant? Use the printout to test the appropriate hypothesis.

c. Plot the treatment means for cotton as a function of temperature. Plot the treatment means for cucumber as a function of temperature. Comment on the similarity or difference in these two plots.

d. Find the mean number of eggs laid on cotton and cucumber based on 15 observations each. Calculate a 95% confidence interval for the difference in the underlying population means.