M&M's/Skittles/Froot Loops
Compare candy color distributions
Explanation▾
Mars, Inc., is famous for its milk chocolate candies. Here's what the company's Consumer Affairs Department says about the distribution of color for M&M'S Milk Chocolate Candies produced at its Hackettstown, New Jersey, factory:
- Brown: 12.5%
- Red: 12.5%
- Yellow: 12.5%
- Green: 12.5%
- Orange: 25%
- Blue: 25%
The purpose of this activity is to investigate if the distribution of color in your large bag of M&M'S Milk Chocolate Candies differs from the claimed distribution.
For a more detailed discussion, see the description in The Practice of Statistics, Statistics and Probability with Applications, Introductory Statistics: A Student-Centered Approach, or the free Stats Medic lesson plans for Day 1 and Day 2 of this activity.
Enter the observed counts for your sample in the table below and press Begin Analysis.
Generate a random sample of size n from the claimed distribution.
| Color | Observed | Expected | Contribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brown | -- | -- | |
| Red | -- | -- | |
| Yellow | -- | -- | |
| Green | -- | -- | |
| Orange | -- | -- | |
| Blue | -- | -- |