| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Experimental unit | Statistics | 1: A unit is a person, animal, plant or thing which is actually studied by a researcher; the basic objects upon which the study or experiment is carried out. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| 2: In experimental design, the basic unit of the experimental material (often an area of ground), but including e. g. A single tree or part of a tree, a sample of seeds or a colony of insects, the essential feature being that the units are selected to be as homogeneous as possible. Source: European Union. (references) | |||
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