What must you know in order to perform an f-test?

1 Answer
Nov 30, 2017

Assumptions/ Requirements for performing an F-test

Explanation:

The theoretical assumptions on which an F-test is based are:

  1. The population for each sample must be normally distributed with identical mean and variance.
  2. All sample observations must be randomly selected and independent.
  3. The ratio of sigma1^2 to sigma2^2 should be equal to or greater than 1. (where sigma1^2 > sigma2^2)
  4. Since the F-distribution is always formed by a ratio of squared values, it can never be negative.
  5. All F-distributions are uni-modal and are skewed to the right.