A One-Way Within-Groups ANOVA on 2 and 22 Degrees of Freedom

Multiple Choice

A one-way within-groups ANOVA on 2 and 22 degrees of freedom results in an F statistic of 3.64.What decision should be made about the hypothesis based on this statistic?

A) Fail to reject the null hypothesis because the F statistic does not exceed the critical cutoff.
B) Fail to reject the null hypothesis and conclude there is no effect of the independent variable.
C) Reject the null hypothesis and conclude there are differences among the levels of the independent variable.
D) Reject the null hypothesis and conclude the independent variable has no effect.