I’m working on a business question and need a sample draft to help me study.
You have to answer like you are talking to someone and give your own opinion, either you agree or disagree.
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After a bit of web browsing, I discovered the Redskins Rule, which shows a strong correlation between NFL games and the United States Presidential results. Since 1936, the superstition has held that if the Redskins won their last home game before the election, the incumbent party would stay in power (Fetini, 2008). This rule held until 2004, when both the Redskins and John Kerry lost (Fetini, 2008). However, this rule has proved incorrect the last 3 elections.
This is certainly a crazy relationship. In fact, while it is described by TIME as a spurious correlation, to me it seems like a crazy coincidence more than anything else. I cannot think of a third factor that would cause these to correlate. The only possible explanation I can think of is that, like most teams, the Redskins would have ebbs and flows of success and failures, which just so happened to align with the election results. If we are totally speculating, we could say that the Redskins players have a grasp on the American people and intentionally determine the outcome of the game; But that is of course not accurate!
References
Fetini, A. (2008, November 3). Election Prognosticators – TIME. TIME.com. http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1856094_1856096_1856102,00.html
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