Question: Use the following data for the next three questions. Biologists, researching the effects of adding limestone sand as buffer for acid rain effects in streams, monitored the pH levels of two streams each month for 36 months. The first stream had a mean pH level of 6.8 with a standard deviation of 2.3. The control stream had a mean pH level of 9.2 with a standard deviation of 1.5. Assume a .05 significance level for testing the claim that the mean pH of the first stream was less (more acidic) than the mean pH of the control stream. Also, assume the two samples are independent simple random samples selected from normally distributed populations.

Use a .05 significance level to find the F test statistic for the claim that the pH level in the first stream has a standard deviation different from that in the second stream.