Confidence Bounds and Hypothesis Tests for Normal Distribution Coefficients of Variation

For normally distributed populations, we obtain confidence bounds on a ratio of two coefficients of variation, provide a test for the equality of k coefficients of variation, and provide confidence bounds on a coefficient of variation shared by k populations.

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