A Randomized Block Design Has 7 Blocking Levels and 5

Multiple Choice

A randomized block design has 7 blocking levels and 5 treatment levels.Given the level of data, a nonparametric alternative to a randomized block design must be used to analyze the data.For the test of the null hypothesis that the treatment populations are equal at a 1% level of significance, the critical value of the test statistic is ___.

A) 16.81
B) 15.09
C) 13.28
D) 9.49
E) 3.48