The Following Results Are from a Statistics Package in Which

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The following results are from a statistics package in which all of the F values and P-values are given. Is there a significant effect from the interaction? Should you test to see if there is a significant effect due to either A or B? If the answer is yes, is there a significant effect due to either A or B? $$\begin{array}{l}\text { ANoVA 1able }\\\begin{array} { r | r | r | r | r | r } \text { Source } & \text { DF } & \text { Sum squares } & \text { Mean square } & \text { F test } & \text { P-value } \\\hline \mathrm { A } & 2 & 415.87305 & 207.93652 & 1.88259 & .1637 \\\mathrm {~B} & 3 & 2997.47186 & 999.15729 & 9.04603 & .0001 \\\text { Interaction } & 6 & 707.26626 & 117.87771 & 1.06723 & .3958 \\\text { Error } & 46 & 5080.81667 & 110.45254 & & \\\text { Total } & 57 & 9201.42784 & & &\end{array}\end{array}$$

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