The Sampling Distribution of the Ratio of Two Sample Variances

question 79

Multiple Choice

The sampling distribution of the ratio of two sample variances is said to be F distributed provided that:

• A) the samples are independent
• B) the populations are normal with equal variances
• C) the samples are dependent and their sizes are large
• D) the samples are independently drawn from two normal populations
• E) none of these

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