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A researcher wishes to compare two different groups of students with respect to their mean time to complete a particular task. The time required is determined for each group. The data summary is given below. Test the claim at a= 0.05, that there is no difference in variance. Give the critical region, test statistic value, and conclusion for the F test. n1=100, s1=20
n2=120, s2=34

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This posting provides solution to a hypothesis testing problem for testing of means to complete a task of two groups with no differnce in variance.

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