THE NEXT QUESTIONS ARE BASED ON THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:
Suppose two food preservatives are extensively tested and determined safe for use in meats.A processor wants to compare the preservatives for their effects on retarding spoilage.Suppose 16 cuts of fresh meat are treated with preservative A and another 12 cuts of meat are treated with preservative B.The number of hours until spoilage begins is recorded for each of the 28 cuts of meat.The results are summarized in the table below.

-The most accurate statement that can be made about the p-value for testing whether there is a difference in the population variances for preservatives A and B is:

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THE NEXT QUESTIONS ARE BASED ON THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:
Suppose two food preservatives are extensively tested and determined safe for use in meats.A processor wants to compare the preservatives for their effects on retarding spoilage.Suppose 16 cuts of fresh meat are treated with preservative A and another 12 cuts of meat are treated with preservative B.The number of hours until spoilage begins is recorded for each of the 28 cuts of meat.The results are summarized in the table below.
 
-The most accurate statement that can be made about the p-value for testing whether there is a difference in the population variances for preservatives A and B is:
A)p-value > 0.05 
B)p-value = 0.00 
C)p-value < 0.01 
D)0.01 < p-value < 0.05

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A p-value greater than 0.05 typically indicates that there is not enough evidence to reject the null hypothesis, suggesting that any observed difference in variances might be due to chance rather than a significant difference between the populations. Without specific data or results, this is the most neutral and cautious statement that can be made.