What does a higher F-statistic mean?

1 Answer
May 1, 2016

If the value is much larger than #1# then the variance of the first population is greater than the second.

Explanation:

An F-statistic is a test for the ratio of two variances:

#F = s_1^2/s_2^2#

If the value of the statistic is #1# then the two variances are equal. If the value is much larger than #1# then the variance of the first population is greater than the second.