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Table 1. Example of calculation of clumping values (C-values). C-value is an assigned value designed to reflect the size of a clump by representing the number of individuals in a clump in a more emphatic way. A single individual that is not in a clump is given a value of one. In a clump of 2 beetles both individuals would be assigned a value of 2, and the entire clump would have a C-value of 4. In a clump of 10 individuals each individual would be given a value of ten. The cumulative C-value for that group of ten would be 10 × 10 or 100. For purposes of data analysis the average C-value is calculated for each 'n', or separate group of ten beetles.

Since standard chi-square analysis will show only the number of aggregates versus individuals, the C-value was assigned to show how large clumps get: Do the beetles tend to form only small clumps, or various sized clumps, or only large clumps?

Assignment of c-values to each individual T. sordidum in a group of ten, and the calculation of average group c-values for ten different tests.
Individual
Number of individual Trichoton sordidum clumped per test date
1/28
1/28
1/28
1/28
3/10
3/13
3/15
3/18
3/19
3/28
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
3
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
4
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
5
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
6
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
7
1
1
1
1
2
1
2
2
1
2
8
1
1
1
1
2
1
2
2
1
2
9
2
1
2
2
2
1
2
2
1
2
10
2
1
2
2
2
1
2
2
1
2
Total C value
12
10
12
12
14
10
16
14
10
14
Group number
1
1
3
4
4
4
4
4
4
4


Average c- values
Group 1 12
Group 3 10
Group 4 12.9
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