. 2016 Aug 13;6(2):170. doi: 10.1007/s13205-016-0493-8

Table 1.

Tukey’s post hoc test multiple comparisons for soil bacterial count

Multiple comparisons
Dependent variable: soil bacterial count Tukey HSD
(I) Soil	(J) Soil	Mean Difference (I−J)	Std. error	Sig. (P value)	95 % confidence interval
(I) Soil	(J) Soil	Mean Difference (I−J)	Std. error	Sig. (P value)	Lower bound	Upper bound
Pine surface soil (PSS)	Pine deep	7.00000*	1.79505	0.020^a	0.9706	13.0294
	Oak surface	−19.00000*	1.79505	0.000^c	−25.0294	−12.9706
	Oak deep	−8.00000*	1.79505	0.008^b	−14.0294	−1.9706
	Agriculture surface	3.00000	1.79505	0.573^ns	−3.0294	9.0294
	Agriculture deep	19.00000*	1.79505	0.000^c	12.9706	25.0294
Pine deep soil (PDS)	Pine surface	−7.00000*	1.79505	0.020^a	−13.0294	−0.9706
	Oak surface	−15.00000*	1.79505	0.000^c	−21.0294	−8.9706
	Oak deep	−26.00000*	1.79505	0.000^c	−32.0294	−19.9706
	Agriculture surface	−4.00000	1.79505	0.293^ns	−10.0294	2.0294
	Agriculture deep	12.00000*	1.79505	0.000^c	5.9706	18.0294
Oak surface soil (OSS)	Pine surface	8.00000*	1.79505	0.008^b	1.9706	14.0294
	Pine deep	15.00000*	1.79505	0.000^c	8.9706	21.0294
	Oak deep	−11.00000*	1.79505	0.001^b	−17.0294	−4.9706
	Agriculture surface	11.00000*	1.79505	0.001^b	4.9706	17.0294
	Agriculture deep	27.00000*	1.79505	0.000^c	20.9706	33.0294
Oak deep soil (ODS)	Pine surface	19.00000*	1.79505	0.000^c	12.9706	32.0294
	Pine deep	26.00000*	1.79505	0.000^c	19.9706	17.0294
	Oak surface	11.00000*	1.79505	0.001^b	4.9706	28.0294
	Agriculture surface	22.00000*	1.79505	0.000^c	15.9706	44.0294
	Agriculture deep	38.00000*	1.79505	0.000^c	31.9706	25.0294
Agriculture surface soil (ASS)	Pine surface	−3.00000	1.79505	0.573^ns	−9.0294	3.0294
	Pine deep	4.00000	1.79505	0.293^ns	−2.0294	10.0294
	Oak surface	−11.00000*	1.79505	0.001^b	−17.0294	−4.9706
	Oak deep	−22.00000*	1.79505	0.000^c	−28.0294	−15.9706
	Agriculture deep	16.00000*	1.79505	0.000^c	9.9706	22.0294
Agriculture deep soil (ADS)	Pine surface	−19.00000*	1.79505	0.000^c	−25.0294	−12.9706
	Pine deep	−12.00000*	1.79505	0.000^c	−18.0294	−5.9706
	Oak surface	−27.00000*	1.79505	0.000^c	−33.0294	−20.9706
	Oak deep	−38.00000*	1.79505	0.000^c	−44.0294	−31.9706
	Agriculture surface	−16.00000*	1.79505	0.000^c	−22.0294	−9.9706

ns not significant

*Significance difference

^aSignificance at 5 % (P value <0.05)

^bSignificance at 1 % (P value <0.01)

^cSignificance at 0.1 % (P value <0.001)