To avoid the problem of not having access to Tables of F distribution with values given for the lower tail, the numerator of the test statistic should be the one with
A)the larger sample size
B)the smaller sample size
C)the larger sample variance
D)the smaller sample variance

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The F distribution is skewed, and the test statistic is calculated as the ratio of two variances. To ensure the test statistic falls in the upper tail, the numerator should have the larger sample variance.

To Avoid the Problem of Not Having Access to Tables