document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=978344>Question 978344</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> for the samples summarized below, test the hypothesis, at a=0.05, that the two variances are different. <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Sample Std. Deviation                  4.9               2.8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Sample Size                             7                 17<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A. Reject the hypothesis because the test value 3.06 is less than the critical value 3.34.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "B. Reject the hypothesis because the test value 3.06 is less than the critical value 2.61. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "C. Accept the hypothesis because the test value 9.38 is greater than the critical value 3.16. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "D. Reject the hypothesis because the test value 9.38 is greater than the critical value 2.74. <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Hint:  the test statistic is 3.06\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "John<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it\r<BR>\n" );
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