Question

It is believed that the SAT scores for students entering two state universities may have different standard deviations. Specifically, it is believed that the standard deviation at University A is greater than the standard deviation at University B. To test this using an alpha = 0.05 level, a sample of 14 student SAT scores from University A was selected and a sample of 8 SAT scores from University B was selected. The following sample results were observed:

Based on this information, what is the critical value that will be used to test the hypothesis?

A) = 3.55

B) = 2.832

C) z = 1.645

D) = 3.237

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