ESS210B
Prof. Jin-Yi Yu
Significance Test of the Difference of Variances
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qWe want to know if the standard deviation estimated from two samples are significantly different.
qThe statistical test used to compare the variability of two samples is the F-test:
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q     S12: the estimate of the population variance of sample 1
q     S22: the estimate of the population variance of sample 2.