The Sampling Distribution of the Ratio of Two Sample Variances

question 20

Multiple Choice

The sampling distribution of the ratio of two sample variances is said to be F-distributed provided that:

• A) the samples are independent from any distributions.
• B) the populations are normal with equal variances.
• C) the samples are matched and their sizes are large.
• D) the samples are independently drawn from two normal populations.

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