Practice Questions

1. Perform an F Test for the following samples.

a. Sample 1 with variance equal to 109.63 and sample size equal to 41.
b. Sample 2 with variance equal to 65.99 and sample size equal to 21.

2. A statistician was carrying out an F-Test. He got the F statistic as 2.38. The degrees of
freedom obtained by him were 8 and 3. Find out the F value from the F Table and
determine whether we can reject the null hypothesis at a 5% significance level
3. Conduct an F Test to compare the variances of Sample 1 and Sample 2. The variance for
Sample 1 is 109.63 with a sample size of 41, and the variance for Sample 2 is 65.99 with
a sample size of 21. Use a significance level of α = 0.05. State the null and alternative
hypotheses, calculate the test statistic, and make a decision regarding the variances.
4. A psychologist asserts that the attention span of children exposed to a particular
educational program has less variability than that of children who did not undergo the
program. In a sample of 22 children who underwent the program, the sample standard
deviation is 6, and for a sample of 20 children who did not undergo the program, the
sample standard deviation is 8. Test this assertion using the traditional method of
hypothesis testing with a significance level of α = 0.01, assuming a normal distribution of
attention spans.
5. Perform an F Test to assess whether there is a significant difference in variances between
Sample 1 and Sample 2. The variance for Sample 1 is 109.63, and the sample size is 41,
while the variance for Sample 2 is 65.99, and the sample size is 21. Use a significance
level of α = 0.01. Clearly state the null and alternative hypotheses, calculate the F
statistic, and provide a conclusion.
6. Execute an F Test to compare the variances of two samples. Sample 1 has a variance of
109.63 with a sample size of 41, and Sample 2 has a variance of 65.99 with a sample size
of 21. Set a significance level of α = 0.10. Formulate the null and alternative hypotheses,
compute the F value, and determine whether there is sufficient evidence to reject the null
hypothesis based on the test
7. An insurance company sells health insurance and motor insurance policies. Customers
pay premiums for these policies. The CEO of the insurance company wonders if
premiums paid by either of the insurance segments (health insurance and motor
insurance) are more variable than another. He finds the following data for premiums paid:

8. An education researcher believes that the test scores of high school students after
attending an extra tutoring program have a smaller variance than the test scores of
 students who did not attend the program. In a sample of 20 tutored students, the sample
standard deviation is 8, and for a sample of 25 non-tutored students, the sample standard
deviation is 10. Conduct a hypothesis test at a significance level of α = 0.05, assuming
normal distribution of test scores.
9. A nutritionist claims that the variation in cholesterol levels is less in a group of
individuals following a specific diet compared to those following a standard diet. From a
sample of 15 individuals on the specific diet, the sample standard deviation is 5, while for
a sample of 18 individuals on the standard diet, the sample standard deviation is 7. Test
this claim using the traditional method of hypothesis testing with a significance level of α
= 0.01, assuming cholesterol levels are normally distributed.

10. The bank has a head office in Karachi and a branch in Lahore. There are long customer
queues at one office, while customer queues are short at the other. The Operations
Manager of the bank wonders if the customers at one branch are more variable than the
number of customers at another. He carries out a research study of customers. The
variance of Karachi head office customers is 31, and that for the Lahore branch is 20. The
sample size for the Karachi head office is 11, and that for the Lahore branch is 21. Carry
out a two-tailed F-test with a level of significance of 10%.
11. A researcher claims that IQ scores of university students vary less than (have a smaller
variance than) IQ scores of community college students. Based on a sample of 28
university students, the sample standard deviation 10, and for a sample of 25 community
college students, the sample standard deviation 12. Test the claim using the traditional
method of hypothesis testing with a level of significance α = 0.05. Assume that IQ scores
are normally distributed.
12. A scientist hypothesizes that the mean reaction time of adults using a new cognitive
training app is less variable than the reaction time of adults who did not use the app. In a
sample of 35 app users, the sample standard deviation is 4.5, and for a sample of 30 non-
users, the sample standard deviation is 6. Test this hypothesis using the traditional method
of hypothesis testing with a significance level of α = 0.01. Assume normal distribution of
reaction times.
13. A manufacturing engineer suggests that the weight consistency of a new packaging
machine is better than that of the old machine. In a sample of 25 packages from the new
machine, the sample standard deviation is 3.2, and for a sample of 30 packages from the
old machine, the sample standard deviation is 4.8. Conduct a hypothesis test at a
significance level of α = 0.05, assuming normal distribution of package weights.