Asia Pacific Institute of Management

F-Test
To perform F-test all we requires is the
knowledge of the variance of both the
samples, as well as the sample size.
Biocon India limited is concerned about the variability in the number of
bacteria produced by different cultures. If the cultures have significantly
different variability in the number of bacteria produce, then experiments are
messed up and some strange things gets produced. The management of the
company gets understandably anxious when the scientist produce strange
things
Number of bacteria in (thousands)
Culture Type A Culture Type B
91 62
89 76
83 90
101 75
93 88
98 99
144 110
118 140
108 145
125 130
138 110