When the Two Population Variances Are Unequal, We Cannot Pool

question 11

True/False

When the two population variances are unequal, we cannot pool the data and produce a
common estimator. We must calculate s₁² or s₂² and use them to estimate σ₁² and σ₂² respectively.

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