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‭Math 140 – Prof.

Simpson‬

‭Name: _____Gabriel Brea_________________‬

‭ ccording to their website, Mars Inc. (the maker of M&M’s) claims that each package of‬
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‭M&M’s should have the following distribution:‬

‭ 3% Brown‬
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‭14% Yellow‬
‭13% Red‬
‭24% Blue‬
‭20% Orange‬
‭16% Green‬

‭ ne way one can determine if the Mars Inc. claim is true is to sample M&M’s and to‬
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‭perform a goodness-of-fit test. This test will help determine if any differences between‬
‭our observed measurements from our sample and our expected values are simply due‬
‭to chance (sample error) or some other reason.‬

‭1. Obtain a sample of M&Ms.‬

‭ . Determine the number of M&Ms in your sample and the number of M&Ms‬
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‭of each color. List your results in the spaces below:‬

‭ rown‬
B ‭ _9_____‬
_
‭Yellow‬ ‭____6___‬
‭Red‬ ‭___7____‬
‭Blue‬ ‭___15____‬
‭Orange‬ ‭___10____‬
‭Green‬ ‭__9_____‬
‭Total‬ ‭_____56__‬

‭3. Determine the expected frequencies:‬

‭ rown‬
B ‭ ___7.28___‬
_
‭Yellow‬ ‭_____.7.84__‬
‭Red‬ ‭____7.28___‬
‭Blue‬ ‭______11.20_‬
‭Orange‬ ‭____11.20___‬
‭Green‬ ‭_____8.96`__‬
‭4. Perform the‬‭χ‬‭2‬‭goodness-of-fit using‬‭α‬‭=‬‭.05‬‭level of significance. Make sure to write‬
‭ ut your hypotheses and make a conclusion once the test has been performed.‬
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‭Rejecting (or failing to reject) the null hypothesis is‬‭not‬‭enough.‬
‭H0= the M&M distribution in the sample matches Mars.inc s claim of how the colors are‬
‭to be distributed‬
‭Ha: the M&M color distribution in the sample does not match the color distribution claim‬
‭from Mars inc.‬

‭color‬ ‭brown‬ ‭yellow‬ ‭red‬ ‭blue‬ ‭Orange‬ ‭green‬

‭ bserved‬
O ‭9‬ ‭6‬ ‭7‬ ‭15‬ ‭10‬ ‭9‬
‭frequency‬

‭ xpected‬
E .‭13(56) =‬ .‭14(56)=‬ .‭13(56) =‬ .‭20(56)=‬ .‭20(56)=‬ .‭16(56)=‬
‭frequency‬ ‭7.28‬ ‭7.84‬ ‭7.28‬ ‭11.2‬ ‭11.2‬ ‭8.96‬

‭(O-E)‬ ‭1.72‬ ‭-1.84‬ ‭-.28‬ ‭3.8‬ ‭-1.2‬ ‭.04‬

‭[(O-E)^2]/E‬ [‭1.72^2]/‬ [‭(-1.84)^2]/‬ [‭(-.28)^2]/‬ [‭(3.8)^2]/‬ [‭(-1.2)^2]/‬ [‭(.04)^2]/‬


‭7.28=.406‬ ‭7.84=0.432‬ ‭7.28=0.01‬ ‭11.2=1.289‬ ‭11.2=0.129‬ ‭8.96=‬
‭0.0179‬
‭ est statistic: .406+.432+.01+1.289+.129+.0179=2.2839‬
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‭With a 5 degrees of freedom and at a significance level of a=.05, the value on the chi squared‬
‭probability table is 11.070‬
‭We fail to reject the null hypothesis as the test statistic does not fall within the right tail (past‬
‭11.070).‬
‭Conclusion: we have reason to believe that the color distribution of M&M’s in our sample is a‬
‭reasonable fit relative to the distribution that was claimed by MARS.‬

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