Skittles Project Part 1

1.

Color Red Yellow Orange Green Purple Total

Sum 395 299 648 253 604 2199
Proportion 0.1796 0.1360 0.2947 0.1151 0.2747 1

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Orange Purple Red Yellow Green

3.

red yellow orange green purple Total

11 9 18 7 15 60
10 8 18 8 19 63
11 8 13 6 18 56
11 6 19 9 16 61
13 9 15 7 16 60
11 7 16 7 20 61
10 9 19 8 17 63
11 8 18 7 18 62
12 8 19 7 17 63
10 9 17 6 17 59
10 10 18 6 17 61
11 9 20 8 17 65
10 9 18 7 15 59
11 8 15 6 16 56
12 8 21 7 18 66
11 8 18 8 14 59
10 8 18 7 18 61
12 7 17 7 17 60
11 10 22 7 19 69
 10 9 20 6 17 62
13 8 19 10 15 65
10 7 17 8 19 61
11 7 16 6 15 55
12 9 17 5 18 61
11 9 17 6 18 61
9 8 19 8 17 61
11 7 17 7 17 59
11 9 18 8 14 60
10 8 19 7 16 60
11 9 16 8 17 61
10 10 19 6 16 61
10 8 23 5 15 61
14 8 16 8 17 63
10 8 20 7 14 59
11 8 17 7 17 60
13 9 19 6 18 65
395 299 648 253 604 2199

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Frequency 6

0
55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69
Number Of Skittles
5. Summary Statistics:

Mean 61.083
Median 61
Standard Deviation 2.761

6. 5 Number Summary:

55, 60, 61, 62.5, 69

7.

8. Based on this data, the most prominent color in the 36 bags of Skittles was orange, and the least
frequent was green. When the frequency of the number of skittles in each bag is plotted on a boxplot,
it appears as though the data is slightly skewed right.

On average, there are approximately 61 skittles in each bag. The standard deviation is 2.761, which
means there is a relatively low spread of data.

My proposed research question is how the amount of skittles in the bag affects the proportion of the
colors. Do they remain constant to the frequencies in the data as a whole?