In Exercises, use Table VII to find the required χ2-values. Illustrate your work graphically. Give two situations in which making an inference about a population standard deviation would be important.

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In Exercises, use Table VII to find the required χ2-values. Illustrate your work graphically.

Give two situations in which making an inference about a population standard deviation would be important.

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In bank loans, standard deviation of interest rate is an indicator of volatility of the debt amount. Loans with large standard deviations are more risky when compared with the loans with smaller interest rate.

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