If the amount of variability between treatments is significantly greater than the amount of variability within treatments,then _________.
A) reject the null hypothesis of equal population means
B) do not reject the null hypothesis of equal population means
C) conclude that the ratio of between-treatments variability to within-treatments variability is significantly less than 1
D) perform further analysis using the two-way ANOVA with interaction

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If the amount of variability between treatments is significantly greater than the amount of variability within treatments, it suggests that the treatment is having an effect on the outcome being measured. Therefore, we would reject the null hypothesis of equal population means and conclude that there is a significant difference between at least two of the treatments.

If the Amount of Variability Between Treatments Is Significantly Greater