please keep these in mind when answering the question 1. Randomization 2. Replication 3. Independence 4. Subsamples and pseudoreplication 5. Confounding factors 6. Precision and accuracy 7. Ethical considerations 8. Realism and repeatability.

Provide a brief critical assessment of this manipulative experiment based on each of the topics covered in this lab

this study is 'flawed' in at least three ways, possibly more, your critical assessment should identify and explain three flaws.

You are not expected to 'redesign' the experiment so that it lacks the flaws.

Your critical assessment may be written as full sentences or as a point form list.

Effect of housing system on egg production A desire to improve the wellbeing of your laying hens has led you to convert one of your four barns to enriched housing. The other three barns are set up in a conventional manner, in line with current industry standards. The barn you converted first was the oldest of your barns, and most in need of major upgrades, regardless of housing system used within it. Enriched housing differs from conventional housing because hens are raised in smaller groups, have more space, and both perches and nesting areas are provided. Though still caged, hens in enriched housing have more freedom of movement, they can exhibit more natural behaviors, and nesting areas provide a private area to lay their eggs. Before immediately investing substantial capital in converting your other barns, you want to formally compare the number of eggs laid per hen to ensure the enriched production system provides sufficient production to be economically viable in the long-term since each barn with enriched housing would house fewer hens. Within each of the 4 barns, you select and mark 50 cages in convenient locations, which you use to carefully monitor each hen's egg production over a one-month period (3 barns = conventional, 1 = enriched). Since the number of hens per cage was lower in the enriched barn, the number of hens monitored in that barn was lower than in the other three.

please simply point out three flaws and an explanation for each flaw. can be in point form or sentences.