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The grade point averages of 358 students who completed a college course in financial accounting have a standard deviation of 0.944. The grade point averages of 73 students who dropped out of the same course have a standard deviation of 0.759. Do the data indicate a difference between the variances of grade point averages for students who completed a financial accounting course and students who dropped out? Use a 0.05 level of significance. Let the students who completed the course be represented by population 1 Note: From with 357 and 72 degres of freedom is 1.47. State the null and alternative hypotheses Ho: Select your answer H, 10 Select your answer Reject Hif FSelect your answer Calculate the value of the test statistic (to 2 decimals). What is your conclusion? Reject HO