Wrestling matches involving red versus blue

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The color red is often associated with anger and male dominance. Based on this observation, Hill and Barton (2005) monitored the outcome of four combat sports (boxing, tae kwan do, Greco-Roman wrestling, and freestyle wrestling) during the 2004 Olympic games and found that participants wearing red outfits won significantly more often than those wearing blue.

a. In 50 wrestling matches involving red versus blue, suppose that the red outfit won 31 times and lost 19 times. Is this result sufficient to conclude that red wins significantly more than would be expected by chance? Test at the .05 level of significance.

b. In 100 matches, suppose red won 62 times and lost 38. Is this sufficient to conclude that red wins significantly more than would be expected by chance? Again, use ? = .05.

c. Note that the winning percentage for red uniforms in part a is identical to the percentage in part b (31out of 50 is 62%, and 62 out of 100 is also 62%). Although the two samples have an identical winning percentages, one is significant and the other is not. Explain why the two samples lead to different conclusions.

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