Acid Reflux a Partial ANOVA Table in a Randomized Block Design

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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 block means differ?

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