The Folded F-Test for Equality of Variances

question 13

Multiple Choice

The folded F-test for equality of variances:

• A)is rarely used because of its complexity.
• B)requires looking up the critical value for α/2.
• C)puts the smaller variance in the numerator.
• D)requires looking up two critical values of F instead of one.

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