To Test the Hypothesis That Two Population Variances Are Equal

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Essay

To test the hypothesis that two population variances are equal, a random sample of size 13 was selected from the first population, and a random sample of size 21 was selected from the second population. What are the degrees of freedom to test the hypothesis?

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