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Write $Y_{gj}$ for the yield in replicate $j$ of genotype $g\in \{aa,Aa,AA\}$. Model 1 is the one-way cell-means modelThus its three coefficients estimate the three genotype means directly.

Put $D_i=1\{{\text{count}}_i\ge 1\}$. Model 2 isIt imposes ${\mu }_{Aa}={\mu }_{AA}={\beta }_0+{\beta }_1$ and ${\mu }_{aa}={\beta }_0$. The reported finite-sample p-values assume independent normal errors, a common unknown variance in every genotype, fixed full-rank design matrices, and correctness of the relevant mean model. Random assignment of genotypes supports interpreting the fitted differences as treatment effects.

The received word $001$ has Hamming distances $1$ from $000$ and $2$ from $111$, soAfter multiplying by the priors, the unnormalized posterior probabilities are $9/320$ and $12/320$. Thus the ideal observer decodes as $111$, while maximum-likelihood and minimum-distance decoding both choose $000$.

The ideal observer minimizes average error but needs priors and channel statistics. Maximum likelihood needs the channel law but not priors, and can be suboptimal for unequal codeword probabilities. Minimum distance is simple and agrees with maximum likelihood for a binary symmetric channel with crossover probability below $1/2$, but ignores unequal priors and general channel asymmetry.