Two Accounting Professors Decided to Compare the Variance of Their

question 11

Multiple Choice

Two accounting professors decided to compare the variance of their grading procedures. To accomplish this, they each graded the same 10 exams, with the following results: What is the critical value of F at the 0.01 level of significance?

• A) 5.85
• B) 5.35
• C) 6.51
• D) 4.03

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