A Randomized Block Design with 4 Treatments and 5 Blocks

question 137

Multiple Choice

A randomized block design with 4 treatments and 5 blocks produced the following sum of squares values: Total SS = 1951, SST = 349, SSE = 188. The value of SSB must be:

• A) 1414
• B) 537
• C) 1763
• D) 1602
• E) 1312

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