When Testing for the Difference Between 2 Population Variances with Sample

question 28

Multiple Choice

When testing for the difference between 2 population variances with sample sizes of n₁ = 8 and n₂ = 10,where n₁ has the larger variance,the number of degrees of freedom are

• A)8 and 10.
• B)7 and 9.
• C)18.
• D)16.

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