Abstract
THE ranking of stocks in Random Sample tests constitutes an important problem. If the tests always ranked stocks in their correct order according to their superiority then a monopoly would probably be established by the breeders owning the best stocks because of the advertising advantage this circumstance would afford. A certain amount of uncertainty or chance in winning a Random Sample test helps to maintain breeders with less superior stocks by occasionally providing them with a winning entry. On the other hand, the purchaser of chicks probably wants the most accurate information possible as to their probable performance. Therefore, studies of the role that chance plays in determining the winners of Random Sample tests can aid us in assessing its importance and possible effect upon the poultry industry.In a previous paper (Becker, 1961), a quantitative trait, hen-housed egg production, was used as an example and it was shown that …
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