M&M+Lab

= = = = == = = = = = = = Vocabulary- = = Hypothesis- an if then statement. An educated guess or a starting point. = = Data gathering- researching to find out something by Internet resource or testing. = = Multiple trials- trying multiple approaches at finding the answers to your questions = = Variance- this measures how far a set of numbers would be spread out = = Average- adding up all of the numbers, and then dividing it by how many numbers there are. = = Median- the middle number of a list of numbers. = = Mode- the most frequent number in a list. = = Histogram- a graph representing date = = Pie chart- a circle chart cut into pieces that look like pie to split up data. = = Inference- a conclusion that is based on evidence and reasoning. =

The question that are lab group was asking was the amount of yellow M&M's in are bag. We created a hypothesis that there would be 10 yellow M&Ms. There were actually only 10 in the bag; therefore, are original hypothesis was proved wrong by the actual results.