The accounting department analyzes the variance of the weekly unit costs reported by two production departments. A sample of 16 cost reports for each...

= .10.

1. a.State the null and alternative hypotheses.

H0: sigma1^2  (   ) sigma2^2   (greater than , less than , not equal , greater than or equal to , less than or equal to , equal)

    Ha: sigma1^2  (    ) sigma2^2  (greater than , less than , not equal , greater than or equal to , less than or equal to , equal)

b.Calculate the value of the test statistic (to 2 decimals).

c.The p-value is