Assume the following data values are from a 2016 Auto Guide. The guide compared various parameters of
Question:
Assume the following data values are from a 2016 Auto Guide. The guide compared various parameters of U.S.- and foreign-made cars. This report centers on the price of an optional automatic transmission. Which country has the greater variability in the price of automatic transmissions? Answer the following questions.
1. What is the null hypothesis?
2. What test statistic is used to test for any significant differences in the variances?
3. Is there a significant difference in the variability in the prices between the German cars and the U.S. cars?
4. What effect does a small sample size have on the standard deviations?
5. What degrees of freedom are used for the statistical test?
6. Could two sets of data have significantly different variances without having significantly different means?
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Elementary Statistics A Step By Step Approach
ISBN: 9781260360653
11th Edition
Authors: Allan Bluman