SCENARIO 10-15 The Table Below Presents the Summary Statistics for the Starting

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SCENARIO 10-15
The table below presents the summary statistics for the starting annual salaries (in thousands of dollars)for individuals entering the public accounting and financial planning professions.
Sample I (public accounting):

Test whether the mean starting annual salaries for individuals entering the public accounting professions is higher than that of financial planning assuming that the two population variances are the same.
-Referring to Scenario 10-15,what is the value of the test statistic for testing whether there is evidence of a difference in the variances?

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Definitions:

Mohair Subsidies

Financial incentives provided by governments to support and encourage the production of mohair, a silk-like fabric or yarn made from the hair of the Angora goat.

Deregulation

The act of eliminating governmental controls and rules in a sector to promote increased competition and efficiency.

Regulation

Rules or directives made and maintained by an authority to control or manage activities, often within industry sectors, for public good.

Allocative Efficiency

A state of the economy where the distribution of resources among different uses is optimal, with no one able to be made better off without making someone else worse off.