Vote for the best face? We often judge other people by their faces. It appears that some

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Vote for the best face? We often judge other people by their faces. It appears that some people judge candidates for elected office by their faces. Psychologistsshowed head-and-shoulders photos of the two main candidates in 32 races for theU.S. Senate to many subjects (dropping subjects who recognized one of thecandidates) to see which candidate was rated more competent based on nothingbut the photos. On election day, the candidates whose faces looked morecompetent won 22 of the 32 contests.14 If faces dont influence voting, half of allraces in the long run should be won by the candidate with the better face. Is thereevidence that the candidate with the better face wins more than half the time?Follow the four-step process as illustrated in Example 20.7.

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