Exhibit 11-6

question 73

Multiple Choice

Exhibit 11-6.A financial analyst examines the performance of two mutual funds and claims that the variances of the annual returns for the bond funds differ.To support his claim,he collects data on the annual returns (in percent) for the years 2001 through 2010.The analyst assumes that the annual returns for the two emerging market bond funds are normally distributed.Here are some relevant summary statistics. Refer to Exhibit 11-6.Repeat the hypothesis test, since .What is the critical F value at the 10% significance level?

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