The human resources director of a large company recently asked her staff to conduct a study of the airline miles traveled by executives of the company during the most recent calendar year. The analyst...




The human resources director of a large company recently asked her staff to conduct a study of the airline miles traveled by executives of the company during the most recent calendar year. The analyst assigned to the project randomly sampled
25

male executives and
25

female executives. Of particular interest to the HR director is whether males have greater variability in miles flown than females. The statistics available below were computed from the samples. Based on these​ data, what should the HR director conclude if an alpha level equal to
0.01

is​ used?



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Males


Females


Mean Miles


73,262




66,888




St. Deviation Miles


2,568




1,539




Sample Size


25




25







Let sample 1 be males and sample 2 be females. What are the null and alternative​ hypotheses?







A.


H0: σ21=σ22

HA: σ21≠σ22






B.


H0: σ21≤σ22

HA: σ21>σ22






C.


H0: σ21≥σ22

HA: σ21<>






D.


H0: σ21≠σ22

HA: σ21=σ22





Determine the test statistic.



F=nothing

​(Round to two decimal places as​ needed.)

Determine the critical value.


The critical​ F-value is
nothing.


​(Round to two decimal places as​ needed.)







Do not reject

Reject




the null hypothesis. There is





insufficient

sufficient




evidence to conclude that males have greater variability in miles flown than females.




Jun 02, 2022
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