COKE DATA PROJECT: PHASE ONE

BRIAN JEAN STATS 1510 DAY BY NICOLE FROST

Hypothesis

Our hypothesis was that the Diet Pepsi would weigh the less than Coke Zero and that Diet Coke would weigh the most out of the three. We decided that Coke Zero and Diet Coke would weigh more because Diet Pepsi is more highly carbonated than the other brands, meaning that there is more air and less product. We felt that Diet Coke would weigh the most because Coke Zero was advertised as a "lighter" and more dietconscious beverage.

The purpose of this project was to measure and compare the weight per can of three different brands of cola: Diet Coke, Diet Pepsi, and Coke Zero. Methods

The data was collected using the actual soda cans and a table balance. These were the only tools used except for our iPads and, of course, TC Stats. The Diet Coke had a population of 85, Diet Pepsi had a population of 96, Coke Zero had a population of 72. From each population, we took a sample of 15. The cans from each population were numbered. Using TC Stats and simple random sampling, we generated a set of 15 random numbers from each brand and we measured the weight of the cans that had those numbers. This was done to minimize the amount of error and bias in the study, as much as possible. Results

After we compiled our data, we found out that Diet Coke was in fact the heaviest cola, and Diet Pepsi was the lightest. The Coke Zero sample fell in between the other two colas.

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Possible error could have come from not balancing the scale, people moving the table, and air affecting the scale. Also, bias could have affected the results because, if one believes that a sample is going to be heavier, they might hold it down rmer on the scale. Errors could have been made while inputing or recording the data with our iPads because of typos. The way of measurement that would have been the safest in terms of possible error would be a census, but this would be an inefcient use of our time, even though it would be more accurate.

As shown in Figure 1, the results from the Diet Pepsi and Coke Zero brands of soda produced distributions that were skewed left. The Diet Coke results produced a bellshape distribution. Also, as shown by Figure 2, the range of each of the sodas was at least 5 grams. Since some of the data is skewed, the ve number summary was given in Figure 2 to show a better representation of the data than the box plot alone. The medians of the Diet Coke and Coke Zero were within 1 gram of each other but the Diet Pepsi data had a median of 369.36 grams. The mean values were very close to the median values, meaning that the data values were relatively close to each other. For the data that was skewed, the median would be an appropriate measurement of location. For the Diet Coke data, the mean would be an appropriate measurement of location.

We used TC Stats to record our data and produce Figure 1 and Figure 2.