A Partial ANOVA Table in a Randomised Block Design Is

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A partial ANOVA table in a randomised block design is shown below. $$\begin{array} { | l | c | c | c | c | } \hline \text { Source of Variation } & \text { SS } & d f & M S & F \\\hline \text { Treatments } & * & 3 & * & * \\\hline \text { Blocks } & 1256 & 2 & * & * \\\hline \text { Error } & * & * & 67.67 & \\\hline \text { Total } & 2922 & 11 & & \\\hline\end{array}$$ Can we infer at the 5% significance level that the block means differ?

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