To test hypotheses about the equality of two population variances, the ratio of the variances of the samples from the two populations is tested using the F test.

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The F test is specifically designed to compare the variances of two populations by taking the ratio of the sample variances. This ratio follows an F-distribution under the null hypothesis that the two population variances are equal.

To Test Hypotheses About the Equality of Two Population Variances