Here Is an Excel ANOVA Table for an Experiment That

question 91

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) . $$\begin{array} { | l | c | c | c | c | c | } \hline \text { Source of Variation } & S S & d f & M S & F & P \text {-value } \\\hline \text { Medication type } & 16.5313 & 1 & 16.5313 & 9.173 & 0.006 \\\hline \text { Patient age group } & 25.0938 & & 8.3646 & 4.642 & 0.011 \\\hline \text { Interaction } & 1.8438 & 3 & 0.6146 & 0.341 & 0.796 \\\hline \text { Error } & 43.2504 & 24 & 1.8021 & & \\\hline & & & & & \\\hline \text { Total } & 86.7192 & & & & \\\hline\end{array}$$ At ? = .05 the effect of medication type is:

• A)significant.
• B)insignificant.
• C)borderline.

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