Masterfoods Essay

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Introduction Purpose of report: The purpose of this report for Masterfoods is to count the number and color of M&M candies that are chosen randomly. To collect and document statistical outcomes in order to get a more precise outcome of how the candies are delivered to the consumer. And to examine the packaging process for plain 1.69 ounce bags of M&M candies. Step one: In the first step of the project, a sample of the population of three bags of plain 1.69 ounce bags of M&M candies were randomly selected from three different stores A random sample ensures that every member of the population has a chance to be selected. The population in statistics refers to the “collection of all outcomes, responses, measurements, or counts that are of interest (Larson, & Farber, 2009). Each bag was opened and separated and the numbers of candies of each color within each individual bag were collected and counted. Each bag consisted of: orange, blue, yellow, green, brown and red colored candies. Each bag had a different number of each color. Each bag of color candies and the amount in each bag was documented. Step two: In step two of the project the Excel data program was used in order to document color proportions and the number of candies in each bag. Each bag was separated into colors and the numbers per bag. For example my first bag had a total of 56 pieces. Each color had the following number of pieces: Green 16, Orange 10, Brown 6, Yellow 9, Red 6, and Blue 9. Bag number 2 had 58 pieces, and bag number 3 contained 57 pieces. Each column was added up and the sample proportion of each candy was given by taking the total number of candies from all bags and dividing the sum by the total number of candies. Step three: In step three of the project a confidence interval was constructed for the proportion of each color along with the mean number of candies per bag. A confidence

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