F - Test

Properties carried over from chi-square

The F-
The distribution is values are
non-symmetric all non-
negative

The mean Properties

is carry over
approximat
ely 1
from chi-
square

There are
There are two
many
independent different F
degrees of distributio
freedom ns
F- test
Designed to All hypothesis
test if two testing is done
population under the
variances assumption the null
are equal hypothesis is true

There are several

different F-tables
The larger variance should always The test statistic is F = s1^2 / s2^2
be placed in the numerator where s1^2 > s2^2

Divide alpha by 2 for a two tail test

The samples must be independent
and then find the right critical value

If standard deviations are given The populations from which the

instead of variances, they must be samples were obtained must be
squared normal
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