29. (Use Excel) Nike's total r e v en u e s (in mi l l ions o f $) for th e Asian and Latin American r eg ions for th e years 2 0 0 5 th rou gh 2 0 0 9 are as fol lows :

2 0 0 5 2 0 0 6 2 0 0 7 2 0 0 8 2 0 0 9 Asia 1,897 2,054 2,296 2,888 3,322 Latin America 696 905 967 1,165 1,285 S o urce: N ik e O n lin e A n n u a l Rep o rts.

a. Speci fy th e c om p e t in g hyp o th e s i s in order to te s t w h e th e r th e variance in r ev en u e s is greater in Asia than in Latin America.

b. Use Excel to calculate descript ive statistics and th e r elevant t e s t statistic.

c. Use Excel's F.DIST fu nc t ion to calculate th e p-value .

d. At α = 0.01 w h a t is your conclus ion?