Changes

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|Multiple

|Will countries that have implemented same-sex marriage underperform? (See below for a more lengthy explanation)

|Will countries that have implemented same-sex marriage underperform? (See below for a more lengthy explanation)

|The total number of medals decreased by more than 4%: a decline of 4 out of 94 in 2008.  This 4.3% decrease is not statistically significant at any common alpha level.<ref>The 2008 Summer Olympics awarded 958 medals, of which 94 went to the selected countries.  The 2012 Summer Olympics awarded 962 medals, of which 90 went to the selected countries.  Using a 2-proposition two-sided Z-test, the p-value is 0.734, indicating that a difference as or more extreme than what was observed would occur under the null hypothesis (no correlation) 73.4% of the time.</ref> Of course, even if there were a statistically significant difference, it would not by itself show a causal relationship between the legalization of same-sex marriage and performance in the Olympic Games.

|The total number of medals decreased by more than 4%: a decline of 4 out of 94 in 2008.  This 4.3% decrease is not statistically significant at any common alpha level.<ref>The 2008 Summer Olympics awarded 958 medals, of which 94 went to the selected countries.  The 2012 Summer Olympics awarded 962 medals, of which 90 went to the selected countries.  Using a 2-proposition two-sided Z-test, the p-value is 0.734, indicating that a difference as or more extreme than what was observed would occur under the null hypothesis (no correlation) 73.4% of the time.</ref>

: Belgium - 5 in 2000, 3 in 2012

: Belgium - 5 in 2000, 3 in 2012

: Canada - 12 in 2004, 18 in 2012

: Canada - 12 in 2004, 18 in 2012