M & M color Analysis By Ellen Zimmer

Complaint

Complaint Too many “girl” color M & M’s in pack of M & M’s Orange Red Yellow Too few “boy” color M & M’s in pack of M&M’s Blue Green Brown

Approach

Approach Randomly sample M & M packages Record number of each color Calculate total per package Calculate average total per package Calculate average per package of each color Chart the average per package to determine if complaint is reasonable

Average Per Color Sampled 10 M & M packages:

Average girl colors 41 % of the M&M pack are girl colors

Average boy colors 59 % of the M&M pack are boy colors

Solution

Solution Confuse consumer regarding gender of colored M & M’s

Questions?