In response to the negative statements made by the Concerned Consumers About Cereal Cheaters (CCACC) in the
Question:
In response to the negative statements made by the Concerned Consumers About Cereal Cheaters (CCACC) in the module 5 Digital Case, Oxford Cereals recently conducted an experiment concerning cereal packaging. The company claims that the results of the experiment refute the CCACC allegations that Oxford Cereals has been cheating consumers by packaging cereals at less than labeled weights. Download the Oxford Current News PDF provided in Module 5 that provides a portfolio of current news releases from Oxford Cereals. Review the relevant press releases and supporting documents. Then answer the following questions:
a. Are the results of the experiment valid? Why or why not? If you were conducting the experiment, is there anything you would change?
b. Do the results support the claim that Oxford Cereals is not cheating its customers?
c. Is the claim of the Oxford Cereals CEO that many cereal boxes contain more than 368 grams surprising? Is it true?
d. Could there ever be a circumstance in which the results of the Oxford Cereals experiment and the CCACC’s results are both correct? Explain
Statistics The Art and Science of Learning from Data
ISBN: 978-0321755940
3rd edition
Authors: Alan Agresti, Christine A. Franklin