A researcher wants to know if students who do not plan to apply for financial aid had more variability on the SAT I math test than those who plan to do so. She obtains a random sample of 35 students who do not plan to apply for financial aid and a random sample of 38 students who do plan to apply for financial aid and obtains the following results:

Do students who do not plan to apply for financial aid have a higher standard deviation on the SAT I math exam than students who plan to apply for financial aid at the α = 0.01 level of significance? SAT I math exam scores are known to be normally distributed.

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Do Not Plan to Apply for Financial Aid n1 = 35 S1 = 123.1 Plan to Apply for Financial Aid n2 = 38 2 = 119.4