To Avoid the Problem of Not Having Access to Tables

question 50

Multiple Choice

To avoid the problem of not having access to tables of the F distribution with values given for the lower tail when a two-tailed test is required, let the smaller sample variance be _____.

• A) the denominator of the test statistic
• B) the numerator of the test statistic
• C) at least 1
• D) None of the answers is correct.

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