Candy Bar Homework 9.7.11
Independent Variable: preference of the candy bar
Dependent Variable: correct hypothesis
Data: my data shows that Snickers was the most liked candy bar
Claim: students will like Snickers the best, followed by Twix, Baby Ruth, Butterfinger, Milky Way, and Heath.
Evidence: more students chose Snickers than Twix. 46% of students liked Snickers, 30% of students liked Twix,10% of students liked Baby Ruth, 9% of students liked Butterfinger, 4% of students liked Milky Way, and 1% of students liked Heath.
Reasoning: Since 46% of students liked Snickers the best, Snickers was the favorint candy bar. My hypothesis was incorrect, because Twix was not the most popular candy bar. However, the claim was correct. Twix was second with 30%, Baby Ruth was third, and so on.
Dependent Variable: correct hypothesis
Data: my data shows that Snickers was the most liked candy bar
Claim: students will like Snickers the best, followed by Twix, Baby Ruth, Butterfinger, Milky Way, and Heath.
Evidence: more students chose Snickers than Twix. 46% of students liked Snickers, 30% of students liked Twix,10% of students liked Baby Ruth, 9% of students liked Butterfinger, 4% of students liked Milky Way, and 1% of students liked Heath.
Reasoning: Since 46% of students liked Snickers the best, Snickers was the favorint candy bar. My hypothesis was incorrect, because Twix was not the most popular candy bar. However, the claim was correct. Twix was second with 30%, Baby Ruth was third, and so on.