Suppose you are conducting a two-way ANOVA to examine the effects of teaching method and school type on student performance. If a significant interaction between teaching method and school type is found, what should be your next steps in analyzing the data?

• A. Ignore the interaction effect and only interpret the main effects of teaching method and school type
• B. Focus on the interaction effect, examine group means for each combination, perform post-hoc comparisons within combinations, and interpret results based on the interaction
• C. Only report the overall mean performance and ignore both main and interaction effects
• D. Perform post-hoc comparisons only for the main effects, not considering the interaction

Answer: (B)