Research Article

Influence of Plantain Pseudostem Fibres and Lime on the Properties of Cement Mortar

Table 3

Descriptive and One-Way RM ANOVA of compressive strength.

Specimen, mixture (%)NMean (MPa)Std DevSEM

0311.6100.3560.206
0.25314.3270.2580.149
0.5313.8930.2600.150
0.75312.8500.1000.057
1310.6600.2000.115

Multiple comparisons versus control (Holm–Sidak method)

ComparisonDiff of meansT

0% vs. 0.25%2.71717.881<0.001Yes
0% vs. 0.5%2.28315.545<0.001Yes
0% vs. 0.75%1.2409.327<0.001Yes
0% vs. 1%0.9503.3600.010Yes

SEM: standard error of the mean; Std Dev: standard deviation.