Question 3.  Two samples of sizes 15 and 16 are drawn from two normally distributed populations having means of 16 and 11, respectively. If the sample variances are 6 and 5, determine whether the first sample has a significantly lower variance than the second sample at a 0.025 significance level.

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Two samples of sizes 15 and 16 are drawn from two normally distributed populations having
means of 16 and 11, respectively. If the sample variances are 6 and 5, determine whether the first
sample has a significantly lower variance than the second sample at a 0.025 significance level.

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