A particular magazine identified the top accounting firms in 24 geographic regions across a certain country. Even though all 24 regions reported growth in the past year, region A and region B reported the highest combined growths, with 19%% and 15%, respectively. A characteristic description of the accounting firms in these regions included the number of partners in the firm. The accompanying table contains data on the number of partners. Complete parts (a) through (d) below. Click on the icon to view the data table MPORTANT NOTE: In all of these questions, there are 2 possible ratios A/B and B/A! Our convention is to always assume that the larger variance is in the numerator (i.e., on top). The correct answer will always be found in this fashion. Similarly, In questions about a critical value, we shall consider the right (upper) tall. FSTAT= (Round to three decimal places as needed ) Determine the critical value The critical value is] (Round to three decimal places as needed ) State the conclusion. Hy. There is evidence to support the claim that the variability of the numbers of partners for the two regions' accounting firms are different b. Find the p-value The p-value is (Round to three decimal places as needed ) What does the p-value mean? The probability of obtaining samples that give rise to a test statistic the . found previously, is equal to the p-value if the population vanances of the number of partners for both regions are the same. c. What assumption has to be made about the two populations in order to justify the use of the F test