A PC Company Uses Two Suppliers for Rechargeable Batteries for Its

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Essay

A PC company uses two suppliers for rechargeable batteries for its notebook computers.Two factors are important quality features of the batteries: mean use time and variation.It is desirable that the mean use time be high and the variability be low.Recently,the PC maker conducted a test on batteries from the two suppliers.In the test,9 randomly selected batteries from Supplier 1 were tested and 12 randomly selected batteries from Supplier 2 were tested.The following results were observed: Based on these sample results,can the PC maker conclude that a difference exists between the two batteries with respect to the population standard deviations? Test using a 0.10 level of significance.

Understand the distinction between primary and secondary research.

Develop effective research questions.

Learn the stages and techniques of conducting experiments and surveys.

Understand the concept of standardized tests and their characteristics.

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