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M&M Distribution Project
April McDonald
Devry University
Abstract
This report focuses on the distribution of the six different colors of m&m candies in 7 randomly sampled bags. We compared these findings to the standards established by the manufacturer, Mars® Candies, to determine accuracy of their production process.
M&M Distribution Project
This report focuses on the distribution of the six different colors of m&m candies in 7 randomly sampled bags. We compared these findings to the standards established by the manufacturer, Mars® Candies, to determine accuracy of their production process. The following details the steps taken to reach our conclusion and possible production errors that can cause discrepancies.
Part 1
In part one of this m&m project, each of the seven students in class purchased a 1.69 ounce package of plain m&m’s from three different stores. All of the students in class are from various surrounding areas, so in doing this part of the project we were given a random sample of packages. After purchasing the packages of candy, data was collected for the remaining steps by tallying the total number of each color by package. This information was then combined with the other students and utilized in the following calculations.
Part 2
After all data was collected from the twenty-one bags of purchased candy, the sample proportions by color, mean number of candies per bag, and sample standard deviation were calculated. The results for these calculations are below.
| |Blue |Orange |Green |Yellow |Red |Brown |
|Sample Proportions |0.231615 |0.20541 |0.171598 |0.142857 |0.125951 |0.12257 |
| | | | | | | |
|Sample Mean Number of Candies Per Bag |...