The Journal of Agricultural, Biological and Environment Statistics (JABES) special issue on Recent Advances in Design and Analysis of Experiments and Observational Studies in Agriculture covers a select set of topics currently of primary importance in the field. Efficient use of resources in agricultural research, as well as valid statistical inference, requires good designs, and this special issue boasts seven papers providing both review and cutting-edge methodology for the purpose. A broad range of methods for analysis of data arising in different branches agricultural research is covered in another five exciting papers. This special issue highlights the importance of and opportunities for applied statistics in agriculture.

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客座编辑对“农业实验和观察性研究设计与分析的最新进展”特刊的介绍

《农业、生物和环境统计杂志》（JABES）关于农业试验和观察研究设计和分析的最新进展的特刊涵盖了当前该领域最重要的一组精选主题。农业研究中资源的有效利用以及有效的统计推断需要良好的设计，本期特刊拥有七篇论文，提供了综述和前沿方法论。另外五篇激动人心的论文涵盖了分析农业研究不同分支中产生的数据的广泛方法。本期特刊强调了农业应用统计的重要性和机遇。