var.test {ctest}R Documentation

F Test to Compare Two Variances

Description

Performs an F test to compare the variances of two samples from normal populations.

Usage

var.test(x, y, ratio = 1, alternative = "two.sided", 
         conf.level = 0.95)

Arguments

x, y numeric vectors of data values.
ratio the hypothesized ratio of the population variances of x and y.
alternative indicates the alternative hypothesis and must be one of "two.sided", "greater" or "less". You can specify just the initial letter.
conf.level confidence level for the returned confidence interval.

Details

The null hypothesis is that the ratio of the variances of the populations from which x and y were drawn is equal to ratio.

Value

A list with class "htest" containing the following components:
statistic the value of the F test statistic.
parameter the degrees of the freedom of the F distribtion of the test statistic.
p.value the p-value of the test.
conf.int a confidence interval for the ratio of the population variances.
estimate the ratio of the sample variances of x and y.
null.value the ratio of population variances under the null.
alternative a character string describing the alternative hypothesis.
method the string "F test to compare two variances".
data.name a character string giving the names of the data.


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