Statistics Reflection

What have you learned as a result of this project?

The Skittles project was a fun way to use statistics. From this project I was able to see how statistics
apply to every day aspects of life.

In Part 2 we determined whether the variable was qualitative or quantitative. Then we created a pie
chart and a Pareto chart for the data collected from the classes. We used all the data to create a
summary of the sample size, mean, standard deviation, median, range, minimum, maximum, first
and third quartiles, interquartile range and mode. We used this group of data throughout the Parts 3Parts 6.

In Part 3 we studied the bivariate data for number of candies per bag and the height of the person
who purchased the bag to see if there was a relationship between the two. In this project we
calculated the value of the correlation coefficient and critical value to determine if there is a
significant relationship. We also looked at how a basketball player would be an outlier to our data.

In Part 4 we computed probabilities in different combinations. The project included imagining putting
all the Skittles from all the students in one very large bowl. Then randomly selecting 10 Skittles with
replacement and determine how many are yellow. We also determined the center, shape and spread
for our sampling distribution.

In Part 5 we constructed confidence intervals. We looked at the sample data, the bags of Skittles and
the population data, the number of candies.

In Part 6 we conducted hypothesis tests. We were asked to use the data in Part 2 to test a claim that
20% of all Skittles candies are red using 0.05 significance level. We also tested the claim that the
mean number of candies in each bag of Skittles is more than 58.