To Estimate the Ratio of the Population Variances of the Monthly

question 114

Short Answer

To estimate the ratio of the population variances of the monthly closing stock prices (in $) of two emerging market funds, following summary measures are obtained using the sample data for eight months. The two samples are drawn independently from normally distributed populations. Construct a 90% interval estimate of the ratio of the population variances.

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