--- title: "Interpreting the results" author: "Muhammad Yaseen" date: last-modified format: html: self-contained: true number-sections: true toc: true toc-depth: 3 highlight-style: pygments code-tools: true html-math-method: mathjax vignette: > %\VignetteIndexEntry{Interpreting the results} %\VignetteEngine{quarto::html} %\VignetteEncoding{UTF-8} execute: echo: true warning: false message: false --- {{< include _stability-macros.txt >}} ```{r setup, include = FALSE} knitr::opts_chunk$set(collapse = FALSE, comment = "", fig.width = 7, fig.height = 4.6, dev = if (knitr::is_latex_output()) "cairo_pdf" else if (requireNamespace("svglite", quietly = TRUE)) "svglite" else "png") if (requireNamespace("stability", quietly = TRUE)) library(stability) else pkgload::load_all(export_all = FALSE, helpers = FALSE, quiet = TRUE) ``` # Abstract `stab_interpret()` turns every result into a headline, findings, recommendations and cautions, computed from the numbers of that result. This vignette shows how it works and how to use its parts in a report. # The parts of an interpretation ```{r parts} fit <- stab_reg( .data = ge_data , .y = Yield , .rep = Rep , .gen = Gen , .env = Env ) txt <- stab_interpret( x = fit , higher_better = TRUE , top = 5 ) names(txt) txt$headline txt$facts$widely_adapted ``` `facts` holds the numbers and lists behind every sentence, so a statement can be checked or reused; `guide` says how the statistics of the method are read. # Specific to each method The sentences differ by method: for a regression they speak of slopes and deviations, for AMMI of axes and scores, for the GGE biplot of winners and mega-environments: ```{r methods} am <- ammi( .data = ge_data , .y = Yield , .rep = Rep , .gen = Gen , .env = Env ) stab_interpret( x = am , higher_better = TRUE , top = 3 )$headline p <- gge_biplot( .data = ge_data , .y = Yield , .rep = Rep , .gen = Gen , .env = Env , .which = "which-won-where" , .svp = "symmetric" ) stab_interpret( x = p , higher_better = TRUE , top = 3 )$headline stab_interpret( x = am , higher_better = TRUE , top = 3 )$guide ``` # Traits where lower is better ```{r lower} gm <- ge_means( .data = ge_data , .y = Yield , .gen = Gen , .env = Env ) stab_interpret( x = gm , higher_better = FALSE , top = 3 )$headline ``` # In a report `format()` returns Markdown that can be pasted into a Quarto or R Markdown report: ```{r md} cat( format( x = stab_interpret( x = am , higher_better = TRUE , top = 3 ) , style = "markdown" ) , sep = "\n" ) ``` # Summary The interpretation is a starting point: it states what the numbers show and where to be careful. Decisions on recommendations still need the breeder's knowledge of the environments and of more than one season. # References Becker, H. C. and Leon, J. (1988). Stability analysis in plant breeding. *Plant Breeding*, 101(1), 1--23.