Six groups of oysters (3 male groups and 3 female groups) were
selected from a clean site and six groups of oysters (3 male groups
and 3 female groups) were selected from a polluted site in a tidal
creek. (Oyster size is a reasonable proxy for gender).
Six oysters from each group were sacrificed and morphological
measurements were made--the response was an average morphological
measurement from each group of a half-dozen oysters. Afterwards,
the six groups of oysters from the clean site were transferred
to the polluted site and the six groups of oysters from
the polluted site were transfered to the clean site. After six
weeks, six more oysters from each group were sacrificed and
the measurements were repeated.
Can you identify the design? Is there any serious confounding
in the experiment? Can both gender and treatment (clean/polluted)
effects be tested? How would you test them? Run the SAS code
provided on the webpage and explain the results.