A student wanted to know if M & Ms follow their stated distribution. Here is what the company claims: Color Percentage  Brown 15% Yellow 12% Orange 20% Red 13% Green 16% Blue 24%             A student takes a random sample of 600 M&Ms and finds: Color Number Brown 78 Yellow 84 Orange 144 Red 90 Green 120 Blue 90 What type of test would you use to test that M&M follows their stated distribution?   Test for Independence Goodness of Fit Test for Homogeneity

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A student wanted to know if M & Ms follow their stated distribution. Here is what the company claims:

Color Percentage 
Brown 15%
Yellow 12%
Orange 20%
Red 13%
Green 16%
Blue 24%

 

 

 

 

 

 

A student takes a random sample of 600 M&Ms and finds:

Color Number
Brown 78
Yellow 84
Orange 144
Red 90
Green 120
Blue 90

What type of test would you use to test that M&M follows their stated distribution?

 

  • Test for Independence
  • Goodness of Fit
  • Test for Homogeneity
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