Hypothesis Testing for the Standard Deviation Statistics Advanced Topics Hypothesis Testing for the Standard Deviation Questions Why is important to perform a hypothesis test about a standard deviation? What are the two conditions that must be met when performing a hypothesis test about the standard deviation? What test can be used to determine if two samples have similar variances? What causes the null hypothesis to be rejected in an F-test? Advanced Topics View all chapters Hypothesis Testing for the Standard Deviation Nonlinear Transformations of Data Nonparametric Statistics Analysis of Variance Next