A farmer wishes to test the effects of a new fertilizer on her tomato yield. She has four equal-sized plots ofland-- one with sandy soil, one with rocky soil, one with clay-rich soil, and one with average soil. She divideseach of the four plots into three equal-sized portions and randomly labels them A, B, and C. The four Aportions of land are treated with her old fertilizer. The four B portions are treated with the new fertilizer, andthe four Cʹs are treated with no fertilizer. At harvest time, the tomato yield is recorded for each section of land.What type of experimental design is this?
A) randomized block design
B) completely randomized design
C) matched-pairs design
D) double-blind design

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This is a randomized block design because the farmer divides the plots (blocks) based on soil type and then randomly assigns treatments within these blocks to compare the effects of different fertilizers and a control (no fertilizer) within each soil type.

A Farmer Wishes to Test the Effects of a New