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	Your Hypothesis: Answer the following questions on this paper before opening your bag of M&M's 1. What colors do you expect to find in the bag?     2. Do bags of equal weight have an identical number of candies? How many candies will be present?         3. Are all colors represented equally or are some colors more popular than others?     Record you data here:  Colors  Bag 1 Bag 2 Bag 3 Bag 4 Bag 5  TOTAL   Your Analysis: Answer the following questions on this paper after counting your bags of M&M's 4. What colors do you expect to find in the bag?     5. Do bags of equal weight have an identical number of candies?         6. Are all colors represented equally or are some colors more popular than others?         7. What is the value of using more than one bag of candy to conduct this experiment?     At the Computer: In the computer lab, enter your data into a spreadsheet. Calculate the average per bag of each color. The title should be "The M&M Report" in bold. The spreadsheet should look like the example on the Student Activity page. Save your worksheet with the filename Candy. Use your spreadsheet to create a bar graph to show the color distribution. Label the chart The M&M Report. Label the X-axis, Number per bag and the Y-axis, Colors. In a WORD document, prepare your final report. Be sure to include your initial hypothesis, the analysis, and paste the chart to the report. Staple a copy of the spreadsheet to the report. Type your name in the header of the document. Grading Rubric:     Hypothesis answering questions in paragraph form 3 Analysis and summary answering questions in paragraph form 5 Spreadsheet with averages and totals of colors stapled to the report 10 Chart labeled with title 2 X and Y axis labeled and legend 4 Chart pasted to WORD document 2 Your name in the header and filename in the footer 2 Correct spelling and grammar 2 TOTAL 30 © 2000 Brenda Green      Cabin John Middle School Website designed and maintained by Brenda Green Last updated May 14, 2003