A Farmer That Has Been Well-Trained in the Scientific Method

Multiple Choice

A farmer that has been well-trained in the scientific method divides his acreage into several plots and plants the same variety of hay in each. He varies the amount of fertilizer applied to each plot and carefully records the yield, in bales per acre, for each of the plots. Which of these tools would be the best to help him analyze the effect of fertilizer application on hay yield?

A) cause and effect diagram
B) scatter diagram
C) Pareto chart
D) flow chart