Emily Gregorio

March 7, 2019

Math 1040 Skittles Project

For this project/ experiment our class of 46students each bought a single 2.17 ounce bag of
skittles and recorded the amount for each color (discarding any partial candies or deformed candies)
on a community google document page that was created. Once the data was collected and each
person totaled up the amount of each color and the total amount of skittles in their bags all 46 data
entries were totaled up by color and by the quantity of each bag bringing the total numbers of skittles
to 2,591. Once we had all of that data and information collected we took it and graphed it by quantity
of color for the whole population (the whole class) and for a sample (our own personal bag of
skittles), we graphed it three different ways with Pie graphs, bars graphs and box plots. With this
information we were also able to figure out the 5-number summary as well as the Mean and Standard
Deviation.

Skittle Total Percentages for the

Class
491 516

20.22% 18.95%
514 546

21.07% 19.92%
524

19.84%

Skittles Totals for the Class

560
550 546
540
530 524 Red
520 516 514 Orange
510
Yellow
500 491
490 Green
480 Purple
470
460
Red Orange Yellow Green Purple
 My Bag of Skittles Total

7, 12%
10, 17%
7 13

13, 23% 10 18
18, 31%
10
10, 17%

20 My bag of Skittles Total

18
18

16

14 13 Red
12 Orange
10 10
10 Yellow
8 7 Green
6 Purple
4

0
Red Orange Yellow Green Purple

When analyzing the graphs from the totals of the class skittle and then comparing those totals to my
personal bag of skittles you are able to see that the color red is consistently smaller than the other
colors in both instances. The color that is most frequent appears to be green which I would expect
because it is a newer flavor (Skittles changed their flavors when I was younger and green changed) but
this does not mean it is a favorite just that the company puts more in each pouch.
The shape of this distribution is slightly skewed left because the tail goes to the left and most of the
data is on the right side of the distribution, but it can also been seen as bell shaped because of how
close the totals are to each other. Because the totals are so close I expected the data to all be close
and to the upper side of the distribution just as the graphs are showing, there are some on the lower
end but they are all still close in numbers because of the consistency in packaging.

Standard Deviation: 2.093 or 2.09

Mean: 58.89

5 Number Summary including 0

Minimum: 0
Q1 57
Median: 59
Q3: 60
Maximum: 63

5 Number Summary not including 0

Minimum: 54
Q1: 57.5
Median: 59
Q3: 60
Maximum: 63
Inlcuding 0

Not inlcuding 0
Including 0

Not Including 0
 Reflection

Quantitative data is numerical like such as a measurement, count or a percentage while

categorical is descriptors of characteristics such as smoking and non-smoking. When graphing
categorical data it is best to use bar and pie graphs because you are able to see the quantity and
percentage unlike a line graph. Unlike categorical data quantitative data can be put into multiple
graphs such as line graphs, bar graphs, stem and leaf plots, scatter plots and many others because it
uses easier measurable data. Categorical calculation would be used to categorize college majors and
you would use quantitative for a colleges GPA’s and you would also use quantitative for the balance
of a bank account but would not use categorical for that but would use it instead for where that
checking account was opened (the location of where it was opened.)