(Steps Shown) The standard deviation for the number of weeks 15 New York Times hardcover fiction books spent on their bestseller list is 6.17 weeks. The


Question: The standard deviation for the number of weeks 15 New York Times hardcover fiction books spent on their bestseller list is 6.17 weeks. The Standard deviation for the 15 New York Times hardcover nonfiction list is 13.12 weeks. At α=0.10, can we conclude that there is a difference in the variances?

(Hint: State H 0 : \[{{\sigma }_{1}}^{2}={{\sigma }_{2}}^{2}\] and H 1 : \[{{\sigma }_{1}}^{2}\ne {{\sigma }_{2}}^{2}\] (claim), Ex 9-6 is a similar example)

\[Use\ {{n}_{1}}=15,\,{{n}_{2}}=15,\ {{s}_{1}}=6.17,\ {{s}_{2}}=13.12\]

Price: $2.99
Solution: The downloadable solution consists of 1 pages
Deliverable: Word Document

log in to your account

Don't have a membership account?
REGISTER

reset password

Back to
log in

sign up

Back to
log in