Brittan

Kennedy
MATH 1040

Skittles Project Part 6

The general purpose for a hypothesis test is to make an assumption about a
population parameter, where it is true or not. You then go through procedures to
reject or accept the hypothesis.

20% of all Skittles candies are red

1. h0: p .20
h1: p .20
2. SRS
npo (1-po)10 3375(.20)(1-.20)= 540
Dependent
3. z= 1.463
4. p= .143
5. Do not reject the null hypothesis. There is insufficient evidence to conclude
that 20% of all Skittles candies are red.
6. Type I error: reject p=.20 when it is the true proportion
Type II error: fail to reject p=.20 when it is not 20%


The mean number of candies in a bag of Skittles is more than 58

1. h0: = 58
h1: > 58
2. SRS
No outliers
n30
Dependent
3. z= -40.626
4. p=1
5. Do not reject null hypothesis. There is insufficient evidence to conclude that
the mean number of candies in a Skittles bag is more than 58.
6. If the mean number of candies is 58, there is a 100% probability of getting a
sample mean of .017 or higher.