Hypothesis testing : one sample tests question?

Seng

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Peter spends a lot of time travelling to and from work, and he listens to his new portable CD player during this time. He is going to invest in a big stock of batteries to keep him going, and he is trying to decide whether he should buy NeverShocked batteries or Rudacell batteries.

To begin with, he conducts a test to see if the variation in durability is the same for both battery models. The variance in lifetime of a NeverShocked battery is denoted σ12 and the variance in lifetime of a Rudacell battery is denoted σ22. An F test is conducted with the following hypotheses:

H0: σ12 = σ22

H1: σ12 â‰* σ22

A sample of 25 NeverShocked batteries is collected, and the sample variance in lifetime is measured to be 15.0. A sample of 16 Rudacell batteries is collected, and the sample variance in lifetime is measured to be 11.2. A level of significance of 0.05 is used in this hypothesis test.

a)Calculate the test statistic (f) for these samples. Treat NeverShocked as the numerator variable. Give your answer to 2 decimal places.

f = ???

b)In this test the null hypothesis (is) or (is not) rejected?



can somebody answer this for me? please. my head is bursting
 
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