Is the weight of canned Diet Pepsi, Diet Coke, Coke Zero Similar?

Christopher Sanchez Stats 1510

Abstract (DP), and Coke zero (CZ) cans were all measured independently with a digital scale that was reset back to 0 after each can was measured. Tc stats was used in finding out what cans were going to be chosen at random. After information was entered into the program, it produced random variables (numbers on can ) that were then chosen and weighed on the digital scale. It is reasonable In the coke weighing process cans were taken at random with labels running from 1-100. Diet Coke(DC), Diet Pepsi to assume that the samples are representative of the population (DC, DP, CZ) because technically each can is the same according to the labels, and we can physically read the weight of the can on the label. This weight can be seen when we put the can on to the digital scale and we can determine if it is close to the label size or not. The sample data (weight of 15 soda cans from DP,DC,CZ) can represent the population (soda cans DC,DP,CZ ). Introduction There are a vast amount of soda companies around the world. DC, DP,CZ are three of the worlds most popular brands of soda. Everywhere you go, its almost 100% that you will find one of these product brands. All three companies produce 12 oz cans of DP,DC,CZ along with a wide variety of different sizes. In this experiment we wanted to see how close the cans actually were to each other in weight. 12 oz weighs out to 336 grams, but we did not take into account that the can would make up some of the weight as well.

Methods Experimental approach to the problem. This experiment called for 15 randomly selected cans to be weighed out from each of the 3 brand DC,DP,CZ on the digital scale that was provided to us in class. The soda cans were provided to use by our professor Brian Jean. Weight-Ratio, continuous, quantitative Can Number-nominal Subjects The subjects in the experiment were the individual cans that we were weighing from DP,DC,CZ. Each can was 12 oz. 15 cans were selected from each brand randomly using tc stats. A digital scale was also provide by Brian Jean and was used to measure each can. Method of Measurements. Each can was measured in grams, before the can touched the scale the scale was set back to 0 every single time before the next can was measured. This Table represents the findings in the experiment.

DIET COKE WEIGHT IN GRAMS 374.55 373.85 371.52 372.36 373.22 369.61 370.38 374.81 372.52 373.13 373.71 372 371.64 371.11 375.38

DIET DIET COKE PEPSI NUMBER WEIGHT IN GRAMS 20 369.76 14 370.92 48 366.17 12 368.62 9 371.08 60 365.54 43 367.82 78 368.79 29 369.53 62 371.83 44 368.6 56 368.26 80 371.27 55 369.34 70 369.26

DIET COKE PEPSI ZERO NUMBER WEIGHT IN GRAMS 85 369.96 44 372.12 61 368.51 87 373.56 34 368.71 42 374.09 32 370.07 83 372.87 18 369.45 70 372.76 96 370.31 30 369.64 43 371.64 12 371.69 58 370.34

COKE ZERO NUMBER

21 66 64 33 11 36 23 44 69 29 17 2 4 5 12

Results As you can see in the above table, weights ranged from 365.54 to 375.38 The difference between the lowest and highest weighted can is 9.84. So clearly not every can is the same weight, there are some obvious variables that we did not take in such as the weight of the can. Here in the listed table of summary statistics we can see the mean and quartiles of the weights we measured. Although the cans were not exactly the same the mean for each brand does fall close to each other.

Discussion After the experiment was completed we concluded that not every can will weigh the same. Each can will vary due to different circumstances in the bottling process. We can conclude from the Mean of each brand that they are similar in weight. The min difference from all 3 brands is 4.07, and the max difference between all 3 brands is 3.55. The difference between the median from all 3 brands is 3.26. The empirical rule can be applied to these findings and conclude that is safe to say that all the cans are similar in weight.

References

1. Jean, Brian , Meyers, David, , & Sporer, Rene, (2008). Data analysis: An approach to statistics with technology. (3rd ed.). Taft, California: 3ringpublishing.com.