Natalie Barber

Math 1040
Signature Assignment Pt. 1

Math 1040 Signature Assignment:

Skittles Project
Natalie Barber
 Natalie Barber
Math 1040
Signature Assignment Pt. 1
PART I

Section A: Data Collection and Organization

Frequency of colors
Color Frequency
RED 12
SKITTLES
ORANGE 17
SKITTLES
YELLOW 10
SKITTLES
GREEN 8
SKITTLES
PURPLE 15
SKITTLES
TOTAL 61
SKITTLES

SKITTLES Candy Count

18
16
14
12
10
8
6
4
2
0
RED SKITTLES ORANGE YELLOW GREEN PURPLE
SKITTLES SKITTLES SKITTLES SKITTLES

Colors
 Natalie Barber
Math 1040
Signature Assignment Pt. 1

Section C:

1. What is the most common and least common color?

The most common color in my bag of skittles was ORANGE

2. What is the relative frequency for RED Skittles? Relative Frequency for the
Red skittles:
12 ÷ 61 = .19672 = 19.672 %

3. Conjecture the number of Skittles of the most common color if you had a
bag of 5,000 total Skittles.

Orange Skittles frequency = 17 ÷ 61 = .27868852 = 27.868%

27.868 % of 5,000 = 1,393 Orange Skittles

Section D:

Were the Skittles you used a random sample? Explain.

Yes, the skittles I used do represent a random sample. The manufacturing and packaging
of skittles is based off a weight (2.17 ounces) not how many of each color make it into
each individual bag.

Section E:

5. Carry out a simulation for the red skittles with 10,000 trials to test of these
hypotheses: H0: p = .02

HA: p ≠ .02

Based off the information below and sampled above, I can appropriately fail to reject the
null hypothesis.
 Natalie Barber
Math 1040
Signature Assignment Pt. 1