In: Statistics and Probability
The Mars candy company claims that the percentage of blue M&Ms [2] candies is 24%. A sample of 200 M&Ms candies was selected and 54 candies were blue.
a) State the null hypothesis and the alternative hypothesis.
b) Test the claim using a significance level of 0.05.
c) State your conclusion. Should the Mars company take corrective action?
( a )
Null and Alternative Hypotheses
The following null and alternative hypotheses need to be tested:
Ho :p =0.24
Ha :p ≠0.24
( b )
( c ) Conclusion :
It is concluded that the null hypothesis Ho is not rejected. Therefore is enough evidence to claim that the percentage of blue M&Ms [2] candies is 24% . at the α = 0.05 significance level.Therefore yes the Mars company take corrective action