Hello I have a regular network of sample plots distributed evenly over the area under research. On each plot 6 samples were taken. There is big variability between averages from the plots even if they are closest neighbors. I was suggested that I should resample my data by aggregating neighboring plots and creating one plot in the middle of the cluster which will give me a plot with 24 observations. What is the most strange to me is that I was suggested that I should use one plot for 4 neighboring clusters to avoid bias in space. I have a very mixed feelings about using one plot in four neighboring plots. Of course it smoothes the data, but I think that it happens not because the number of observations increased but because the same neighboring plots are taken to neighboring clusters.
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