Question

Levitt and dubner support the claim with the reason: sumo wrestlers who win eight or more matches earn a higher rank than those who do not. which evidence supports this reason? a wrestler with ten victories would not throw a match because of the overall incentive to win. the actual win percentage for 7–7 wrestlers is higher than the predicted win percentage.

Answer 1

 Levitt and Dubner support the claim with the reason : Sumo wrestlers who win eight or more matches earn a higher rank than those who do not.

The evidence which supports the reason is - A wrestler with ten victories would not through a match because of the overall incentive to win.

What is a Sumo match called?

• Sumo matches take place in a ring called a dohyo.
• The dohyo  is made of a mixture of clay and sand spread over the top.
• It is  between 34 and 60 cm high.
• The circle in which the match take place is 4.55 meters in diameter  and bounded  by rice straw bales called tawara, which are buried in the clay.

What happens in a Sumo wrestling match?

• IN Sumo, two rikishi (Sumo wrestlers) wearing nothing but a mawashi (loin cloth), face each other in a dohyo (circular ring) and try to push, grapple, and throw his opponent.
• The one who force his opponent to the ground or pushes him out of the ring is the winner.

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