Part of an ANOVA table is shown below. At a 5% level of significance, if we want to determine whether or not the means of the populations are equal, the conclusion of the test is that
A) all means are equal.
B) some means may be equal.
C) not all means are equal.
D) some means will never be equal.

Question

Part of an ANOVA table is shown below.  ​ At a 5% level of significance, if we want to determine whether or not the means of the populations are equal, the conclusion of the test is that
A) all means are equal. 
B) some means may be equal. 
C) not all means are equal. 
D) some means will never be equal.

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Based on the ANOVA table, the p-value is less than 0.05, which means we reject the null hypothesis that all population means are equal. Therefore, our conclusion is that not all means are equal.

Part of an ANOVA Table Is Shown Below