Reporting

Consider first a suitable table based on the parameter estimates provided in the GenStat output. Note that a suitable number of decimal places has been used that allows a reasonable number of significant figures to be presented in a way that enhances readability but at the same time allows estimates to be compared. Thus, the numbers of decimal places printed in the output have been reduced in most cases to two. An extra decimal place has been included for the regression coefficients for weaning age and the quadratic component for dam age to allow two significant figures to be presented.

 

Parameter Estimate s.e
Genotype    
       Dorper (D) reference   -
       Red Maasai (R) -1.04

0.27

       R x D

-0.39

0.22

       D x R

-0.51

0.30

Year    

      1991

 reference

  -

      1992

-1.56

0.29

      1993

-1.10

0.28

      1994

-2.82

0.36

      1995

-3.22

0.35

      1996

-2.34

0.39

Sex    
      Female Reference

  -

      Male

0.48

0.17

Age at weaning (day)

0.070

0.009

Age of dam (year)    
     Linear

 2.19

0.25

     Quadratic

-0.269

0.034

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