1. M & M color Analysis
By Ellen Zimmer

2. Complaint

3. 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

4. Approach

5. 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

6. Average Per Color
Sampled 10 M & M packages:

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

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

9. Solution

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

11. Questions?