Construct a 98% Confidence Interval on the Ratio of Population

question 8

Multiple Choice

Construct a 98% confidence interval on the ratio of population variances based on the following samples from two normally distributed populations.

• A) (0.2585, 4.4790)
• B) (0.3102, 4.4790)
• C) (0.2643, 5.2569)
• D) (0.2585, 5.3747)

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