Statistics for Business and Economics, Student Value Edition (13th Edition)
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ISBN: 9780134456997
Author: James T. McClave, P. George Benson, Terry Sincich
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 9.2, Problem 9.15LM
Use Tables V, VI, VII, and VIII in Appendix D to find each of the following F-values:
- a. F.05, v1 = 4, v2 = 4
- b. F.01, v1 = 4, v2 = 4
- c. F.10, v1 = 30, v2 = 40
- d. F.025, v1 = 15, v2 = 12
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