In Testing for the Equality of Two Population Variances, When

question 95

Multiple Choice

In testing for the equality of two population variances, when the populations are normally distributed, the 10% level of significance has been used. To determine the rejection region, it will be necessary to refer to the F table corresponding to an upper-tail area of:

• A)0.90
• B)0.20
• C)0.10
• D)0.05

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