Table 7 Plackett Burman experiment results.

From: Calibration of contact parameters of sandy soil for planting tiger nut based on non-linear tools

Source of variance

Effects

Sum of squares

P value

Significance

A

1.88

10.57

0.0937

4

B

2.70

21.92

0.0309

3

C

− 0.047

6.53 × 10–3

0.9610

6

D

2.79

23.35

0.0277

2

E

− 2.82

23.86

0.0267

1

F

− 0.58

1.00

0.5534

5