Fundamentals of Biostatistics
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Author: Bernard Rosner
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 8, Problem 159P
Suppose we have two groups with sample sizes of 8 and 15
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8.158 Group 1 has a sample sd of 10.0 (n = 8) while group 2 has a sample sd = 8 ( n = 15). Test whether the variances in the two groups are significantly different at the 5% level.
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