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Question 7.10: In Example 7.9, σ²1 = 2.3 with a sample size of 6, and σ²2 =...

In Example 7.9, σ^2_1 = 2.3 with a sample size of 6, and σ^2_2 = 0.6 with a sample size of 10. Test the null hypothesis

H_0: σ^2_1 = σ^2_2

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The null hypothesis σ^2_1 = σ^2_2 is equivalent to σ^2_1/σ^2_2 =1. Since σ^2_1 > σ^2_2, we use the test statistic σ^2_1 / σ^2_2. In Example 7.9, we found that for the one-tailed test, 0.02 < P < 0.10.

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