Oxford Cereals recently conducted a public experiment in which it claims it has successfully debunked the statements
Question:
Oxford Cereals recently conducted a public experiment in which it claims it has successfully debunked the statements of groups such as the TriCities Consumer Concerned About Cereal Companies That Cheat (TCCACCTC) that claimed that Oxford Cereals was cheating consumers by packing cereals at less than labeled weights. Review the Oxford Cereals' press release and supporting documents that describe the experiment at the company's website www.prenhall.com/Springville/OC_WinTrust.htm and then answer the following:
a. Are the results of the Independent testing valid? Why or why not? If you wore conducting the experiment, Is there anything you would change?
b. Do the results support the claim that Oxford Cereals is not cheating its customers? Show proof.
c. Could there be a circumstance in which the results of the public experiment and the TCCACCTC results are both correct? Explain.
Expert Answer:
a Yes the independent testing results are reliable The cereal boxes were picked at random from Oxford Cereal Plant Number 1s Production Line 1 and 2 A... View the full answer
Elementary Statistics Picturing the World
ISBN: 978-0321911216
6th edition
Authors: Ron Larson, Betsy Farber
