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TFPLAN. A SOFTWARE PROGRAM TO RANDOMIZE TYPICAL VARIETY TEST FIELD PLANS. ISSUES WITH TYPICAL RANDOMIZATIONS. POSSIBLE ENTRY BESIDE ITSELF OR BEHIND ITSELF WITH REGULAR RANDOMIZATIONS POSSIBLE ENTRY IN ONE SIDE OF FIELD IN ALL REPS NEED FOR SWAPPING PLOTS ONCE RANDOMIZATION HAS OCCURRED
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TFPLAN A SOFTWARE PROGRAM TO RANDOMIZE TYPICAL VARIETY TEST FIELD PLANS
ISSUES WITH TYPICAL RANDOMIZATIONS • POSSIBLE ENTRY BESIDE ITSELF OR BEHIND ITSELF WITH REGULAR RANDOMIZATIONS • POSSIBLE ENTRY IN ONE SIDE OF FIELD IN ALL REPS • NEED FOR SWAPPING PLOTS ONCE RANDOMIZATION HAS OCCURRED • NEED TO PERSONALIZE FIELD PLANS
TFPLAN • RESTRICTED RANDOMIZATION • NO SIDE-BY-SIDE PLOTS OR BACK-TO-BACK PLOTS OR TOUCHING OF THE SAME ENTRY • NO MORE THAN ½ PLUS ONE PLOTS OF ANY ONE ENTRY IN THE SAME SIDE OF THE FIELD • POSSIBLE VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL BLOCKING • PERSONALIZE FIELD PLANS • ALLOWS SWAPPING OF PLOTS
ADVANTAGES • AVOIDS SIDE BY SIDE AND BACK TO BACK PLOTS OF THE SAME ENTRY • AVOIDS THE SAME ENTRY APPEARING ON ONLY ONE SIDE OF THE FIELD • ALLOWS VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL BLOCKING • ALLOWS ONE REP HORIZONTAL AND THEN VERTICALLY BLOCK THE ENTIRE TEST
ADVANTAGES • CAN EXPORT THE PLAN • CAN SWAP PLOTS IN SAME REP AFTERWARDS • CAN SET UP FIELD BOOKS WITH LISTING OF ENTRIES BY PLOT • FREE • REQUIRES MICROSOFT .NET FRAMEWORK 2.0 OR LATER • CONTACT DARYL BOWMAN • Daryl_bowman@ncsu.edu