Summer reading programs are very popular with children

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Summer reading programs are very popular with children. At the Citizens Library, Team Ramona read an average of 23.2 books with a standard deviation of 6.1. There were 21 members on this team. Team Beezus read an average of 26.1 books with a standard deviation of 2.3. There were 23 members on this team. Did the variances of the two teams differ? Use α = 0.05.

State hypotheses by filling in the symbol (=, <, >, or not equal):

H_o:  σ₁  σ₂

H₁: σ₁  σ₂

Find the critical value (from the table) (example: 2.34)

Critical F value is: 

Compute the test value using the formula (round to two decimal places, example 6.45, and it is always greater than 1):

F test value is: 

Reject the null or do not reject the null (type in either Reject the null or do not reject the null only):