When games were sampled throughout a season, it was found that the home team won

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When games were sampled throughout a season, it was found that the home team won 126 of 161 soccer games, and the home team won 55 of 87 football games. The result from testing the claim of equal proportionsp-value 0.01089968 are shown on the right. Does there appear to be a significant difference between the proportions of home wins? What do you conclude about the home field advantage? 2-proportion test pl #p2 z 2.54589872 P1 = 0.7826086957 P2 = 0.6321839080 p = 0.7298387097 Does there appear to be a significant difference between the proportions of home wins? (Use the level of significance 0.05.) A. Since the p-value is large, there is not a significant difference. B. Since the p-value is small, there is not a significant difference. O C. Since the p-value is small, there is a significant difference. 0 D. Since the p-value is large, there is a significant difference. What do you conclude about the home field advantage? (Use the level of significance a 0.05.) O A. The advantage appears to be higher for football. B. The advantage appears to be higher for soccer.

Explanation / Answer

1.

As p < 0.05, then there is a significant difference. [ANSWER, OPTION C]

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2.

The advantage appears to be higher for soccer, as you can see, p1^ > p2^ here. [ANSWER, OPTION B]

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