Team Project Part 2: Group 4

1. So we thought that the proportions would be pretty balanced, obviously random but still
balanced through all the data. When one member of our group collected her data it was
balanced between three colors and the other two were pretty disproportionate. Collecting the
data made us think about how the skittles are actually packaged and sorted through, like do
they make even batches of every color and then just randomly bag them or is there some
reasoning behind some colors coming up more than others.
After looking at the total sample we feel like the data is a lot more balanced than what some
individuals collected-- in our opinion this shows how the total sample reflects the population
better than just one sample from one bag would.
3. Random Sample-- a sample in which every element of a population has an equal chance of
being selected.
Even though every student in the class bought a bag of skittles in a relatively close area there is
no way to know for certain that every bag in our surrounding area came from the same batch of
skittles or even the same distribution area therefore it can be assumed that the sample is in fact
random. Furthermore I assume that the company packaging skittles goes off of weight per bag
not amount or color ratio so the data can be interpreted as an accurate random sample due to
its packaging.
The sample in this study is the class data, and the population could be all 2.17 bags of skittles in
Utah (assuming everyone who collected data did so in this state). It can also be assumed that
the sample can represent a larger area if the bags purchased came from various distribution
centers across the U.S., however we don’t know for sure if that is the case so it is safe to say
the population is the state of Utah.