At a Retail Store, 61 Female Employees Were Randomly Selected

question 88

Essay

At a retail store, 61 female employees were randomly selected and it was found that their monthly income hada standard deviation of $194.40. For 121 male employees, the standard deviation was $269.92. Test thehypothesis that variance of monthly incomes is higher for male employees than it is for female employees. Useα = 0.01. Assume the samples were randomly selected from normal populations.

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