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                              TABLE 8.        SUMMARY OF TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS FOR ZOYSIAGRASS CULTIVARS
                                                          IN THE 2002 NATIONAL ZOYSIAGRASS TEST  1/
                                                                         2002 DATA

                                                       TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF  2/

                                                                                 STATISTICS FOR ALL LOCATIONS
                                                  ALL LOCATIONS        SUM OF                 HIGHEST    LOWEST      MAXIMUM
                              NAME               MEAN 1/    RANK 2/    RANKS 3/    RANK 4/     RANK 5/    RANK 6/   IN TOP 25% 7/

                              6186                4.5          9         19           9          9          10           0
                              BMZ 230             4.4         10         20          10          9          11           0
                              CHINESE COMMON      6.0          8         14           7          6           8           0
                              COMPANION           6.1          6         12           5          5           7          25
                              DALZ 0101           3.4         18         38          19         18          20           0
                              DALZ 0102           4.1         11         23          11         10          13           0
                              DALZ 0104           3.9         14         30          14         14          16           0
                              DALZ 0105           4.1         13         27          13         11          16           0
                              DALZ 9604           4.1         12         26          12         12          14           0
                              EMERALD             3.6         17         33          17         14          19           0
                              GN-Z                3.3         20         40          20         20          20           0
                              HIMENO              3.7         15         32          16         14          18           0
                              J-37                6.2          4         11           4          5           6          25
                              MEYER               3.4         19         38          19         18          20           0
                              PST-R7MA            6.2          5         15           8          6           9           0
                              PST-R7ZM            6.1          7         13           6          3          10          25
                              PZA 32              6.3          3          9           3          4           5          50
                              PZB 33              6.5          2          7           2          2           5          50
                              ZENITH              6.8          1          2           1          1           1          50
                              ZORRO               3.7         16         32          16         15          17           0

                              LSD VALUE           0.4
                              C.V. (%)            7.6

                              */  TO DETERMINE STATISTICAL DIFFERENCES AMONG ENTRIES, SUBTRACT ONE ENTRY'S MEAN FROM ANOTHER ENTRY'S MEAN.
                                  STATISTICAL DIFFERENCES OCCUR WHEN THIS VALUE IS LARGER THAN THE CORRESPONDING LSD VALUE (LSD 0.05).

                              **/ C.V. (COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION) INDICATES THE PERCENT VARIATION OF THE MEAN IN EACH COLUMN.

                              1/  MEAN - AN AVERAGE OF ALL THE TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS FROM ALL LOCATIONS.
                              2/  RANK - RANKING OF THE MEAN OF ALL QUALITY RATINGS.
                              3/  SUM OF RANKS - A SUM OF ALL THE RANKINGS FROM THE VARIOUS LOCATIONS.
                              4/  RANK - THE RANKING OF THE SUM OF RANKS.
                              5/  HIGHEST RANK - THE HIGHEST RANKING ACHIEVED BY THAT ENTRY AT ANY ONE LOCATION.
                              6/  LOWEST RANK - THE LOWEST RANKING ACHIEVED BY THAT ENTRY AT ANY ONE LOCATION.
                              7/  MAXIMUM IN TOP 25% - THE PERCENTAGE OF LOCATIONS WHERE THAT ENTRY FINISHED IN THE TOP 25% OF ALL ENTRIES.