Sampftest – Texas Instruments TI-84 User Manual

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Chapter 13: Inferential Statistics and Distributions

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2-SampFTest

2-SampFTest

2-SampFTest

2-SampFTest

2-Samp

Ü

Test

(two-sample

Ü-test; item

E

) computes an

Ü-test to compare two normal

population standard deviations (

s

1

and

s

2

). The population means and standard

deviations are all unknown.

2-Samp

Ü

Test

, which uses the ratio of sample variances

Sx1

2

/Sx2

2

, tests the null hypothesis H

0

:

s

1

=

s

2

against one of the alternatives below.

H

a

:

s

1

ƒs

2

(

s

1:

ƒs

2

)

H

a

:

s

1

<

s

2

(

s

1:<

s

2

)

H

a

:

s

1

>

s

2

(

s

1:>

s

2

)

Calculated

results:

Drawn results:

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