Here Is an Excel ANOVA Table for an Experiment That

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Multiple Choice

Here is an Excel ANOVA table for an experiment that analyzed two factors that may affect patients' blood pressure (some information is missing) . $$\begin{array} { | l | c | c | c | c | c | } \hline \text { Source of Variation } & S S & d f & M S & F & \text { P-value } \\\hline \text { Medication type } & 16.5313 & 1 & 16.5313 & 9.173 & 0.006 \\\hline \text { Patient age group } & 25.0938 & & 8.3646 & 4.642 & 0.011 \\\hline \text { Interaction } & 1.8438 & 3 & 0.6146 & 0.341 & 0.796 \\\hline \text { Error } & 43.2504 & 24 & 1.8021 & & \\\hline & & & & & \\\hline \text { Total } & 86.7192 & & & & \\\hline\end{array}$$ The overall sample size is:

• A)7.
• B)25.
• C)32.
• D)impossible to determine as given.

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