A plant physiologist grew birch seedlings in the greenhouse

A plant physiologist grew birch seedlings in the greenhouse under two treatments -- flooded and control. She harvested the roots and measured their ATP content (nmol ATP per mg tissue) The data are presented here: She used a randomization test to examine the data. There are 20 ways that the six observations she recorded can be arranged in two groups of 3 each. Complete the randomization test using Excel to calculate a p- value. What is your conclusion?

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