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Introduction:
The goal of this project is to mathematically represent a sample of 19 bags of 2.17 oz. skittles by
both their color and mean number of candies per bag.

Sample Proportion by Color

Purple; 18% Red; 20%

Green; 18%

Orange; 23%

Yellow; 21%

Red Orange Yellow Green Purple

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Personal Proportions by Color

Pruple; 11%
Red; 16%

Green; 26%

Orange; 26%

Yellow; 21%

Red Orange Yellow Green Pruple

Im not surprised by these results as it makes perfect sense that the proportion of each candy

would be about equal to each other. My data, interestingly, also shows that purple had slightly

less of a proportion than any other color. Orange, on the other hand, had the great chance in both
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my personal sample and the class sample

Number of Candies by Color per Bag Histogram

14

12

10

0
Red Orange Yellow Green Purple

5-10 10-15 15-20 20-25

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Number of bags in the sample: 19

Five Number Summary:

Minimum: 56

Q1: 59

Median: 60

Q3: 62

Maximum: 63

Data appears to be slightly skewed to the left, as difference between the minimum and the

median is larger than the difference between the maximum and the median. While I did have one

of the lowest candy counts of the class (only 57 candies), my data did seem to match the trend

that 3 of the 4 colors would be between 10 and 20 and one color would have between 5 and 10.
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Reflection:

Categorical: Puts things into categories. Color, preferences, rank, ect. Pie charts and bar graphs

are best for this type of data. For representing groups, mode and median tend to be the best

(especially mode). Any calculation that can give you back something other than a number are

also good ways to measure populations.

Quantitative: Measures the quantity of something. Hight, weight, miles per gallon/hour, frames

per second, ect. Scatter plots, Box & Whisker, and histograms are the best for this type of data.

Mean and standard deviation are good ways to represent populations. Basically, if it can only

give you back a number it will be a useful metric.