Acid Reflux a Partial ANOVA Table in a Randomized Block

question 54

Essay

Acid Reflux A partial ANOVA table in a randomized block design is shown below, where the treatments refer to different acid reflux medicines, and the blocks refer to groups of men with similar levels of stomach acid.    
{Acid Reflux Narrative} Can we infer at the 5% significance level that the treatment means differ?

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