Example of the Unequal Variances Option

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Example of the Unequal Variances Option

Suppose you want to test whether two variances (males and females) are equal, instead of two means.

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Select Help > Sample Data Library and open Big Class.jmp.

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Select Analyze > Fit Y by X.

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Select height and click Y, Response.

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Select sex and click X, Factor.

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From the red triangle menu, select Unequal Variances.

Figure 5.78 Example of the Unequal Variances Report

Since the p-value from the 2-sided F-Test is large, you cannot conclude that the variances are unequal.

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Help created on 7/12/2018