This enhancement adds the F-test of equality of variances to SciPy. The F-test evaluates the null hypothesis that two normal populations have the same variance. Despite its sensitivity to the non-normality of distributions, this statistical test is widely used and efficient for comparing two or more approximately normally distributed data samples.
There is an associated issue with this enhancement (ENH: Add F-test of equality of variances to scipy.stats · Issue #19646 · scipy/scipy · GitHub). During my research, I found some people searching for ways to perform an F-test in Python. Given that SciPy already includes Levene’s and Bartlett’s tests, adding the F-test could provide additional value.
Do you think the F-test is needed?
GH Discussion here: ENH: stats: add F-test of equality of variances by gnc1999 · Pull Request #20810 · scipy/scipy · GitHub).