The Bucknell/M&M Conspiracy

Coach Kiss was eating his M&Ms the other day and started to ponder the ratios of the different colored candies. He was adamant that there were more orange and blue then other colors. Mr. Eck was immediately suspicious, with Bucknell's colors being blue and orange, and accused Coach of being biased. Both staff members, being men of science, decided an investigation was in order.

A work force of inquisitive scientists was needed. The downstairs class was perfect for the task.

Each student was provided with one bag of M&Ms. The immediate task was to sort and count the candies. Then the data was collected for analysis. Finally, the candies needed to be consumed - a tough job, but someone had to do it.

After the crunching the numbers (and the candies) the student scientists compiled the data and constructed a variety of graphs and visual representations of the data (histograms, bar graphs, and pie charts).

Coach was right. The most prevelant colors in the samples were Orange (26.43%) and Blue (23.30%).