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My Bag of Skittles
Orange Candies Red Candies Green Candies Yellow Candies Purple Candies
18 19 8 12 3
.3 .317 .133 .2 .05
Two basic types of data are quantitative and categorical. Quantitative data are
values that can be measured or counted, it is also called numerical data. Some
examples of quantitative data would be length, weight, and height in inches. Time
as well as financial numbers. Categorical data is values or observations like names
or labels that can be sorted into groups or categories but cannot be measured.
Categorical data can take on numerical values in some cases but those numbers
dont have any meaning math wise. Some examples of categorical data would be
gender, eye color, race, part numbers. Graphs that make sense with categorical data
would be pareto chart, bar graph, and pie chart. Scatterplot, stem-and-leaf plot,
time-series graph, and dot-plot are example of graphs that make sense using
quantitative data. In quantitative data you can add, multiply, subtract, and divide
the data. Calculations with quantitative data still makes sense mathematically when
manipulated but you could not make calculations with the categorical data.
Confidence Intervals
Confidence intervals measure the probability that a population parameter will fall
between two set values. What a confidence interval does is allow us to estimate the
range in which our true population parameter falls. Because the fact that no
estimate can be 100 percent reliable, we must be able to know how confident the
estimates are. For example if samples were taken over and over and the 99%
confidence interval was determined for each sample, 99% of the intervals would
contain the population mean.
Below you will find examples of the my confidence intervals calculated from a TI-
83 graphing calculator:
The first confidence interval was done for a 99% confidence interval for the true
population proportion of yellow candies. May results show that I can say with 99%
confidence that the true population portion is between .179 and .229
The second confidence interval I did was a 95% confidence interval for the true
mean number of candies per bag. I used T interval since this is regarding a mean. I
can say with 95% confidence that the true mean is between (60.82, 62.26)
Hypothesis Testing
I conclude that I have learned out to properly get a random sample and find the 5
number summary which helps create confidence intervals and hypothesis tests.
This allows us to make conclusions about the data and claims that are being about
it and whether or not they are supported or rejected.
Reflection
At the beginning this project sounded very daunting. I wasnt the best about
working on this as I went through out the semester. I was so focused on trying to
understand the concepts we were learning that I didnt think about the project too
often. However, now that I have the knowledge to perform all the test and different
things this project asks for I can say that this wasnt very hard at all. Time
consuming yes, but not hard. This class has really opened up my eyes to how much
goes on behind the scenes. It is interesting to think that someone has a real world
job where they are doing confidence intervals and hypothesis tests. I love numbers
and have really enjoyed this stats class and I definitely am more skeptical now of
studies and data that is thrown around on TV and social media. I actually had the