My results have disproved my hypothesis that the left-handed bowline would hold less weight. When the results were sorted, the left-handed bowline proved to hold more weight in general. In fact, that one would prove itself superior in the way that ours did would only happen about 2.6% of the time if the results were completely random. The percentage that this would not happen, about 97.4%, is over the 95% mark that statisticians need to accept something as evidence. Obviously, this did not happen by chance, and the left-handed bowline can hold more weight than the right handed bowline before breaking. However, the actual weights that the two bowlines held were not dramatically different and either bowline can be used pretty safely. Statements saying the left-handed bowline is worse and slips earlier are most likely only backed by tradition and superstition.
