Following are the weights (in grams) of a sample of M&M’s Plain candies, classified according to color. Use a statistical software system to determine whether there is a difference in the mean weights of candies of different colors.

a. What are the null and alternate hypotheses?

b. What is the test statistic?

c. What is the p-value?

d. Using a .05 significance level, what is your decision regarding the null hypothesis?

e. Interpret the result.

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Red Orange Yellow Brown Tan Green 0.946 0.902 0.929 0.896 0.845 0.935 1.107 0.943 0.960 0.888 0.909 0.903 0.913 0.916 0.938 0.906 0.873 0.865 0.904 0.910 0.933 0.941 0.902 0.822 0.926 0.903 0.932 0.838 0.956 0.871 0.926 0.901 0.899 0.892 0.959 0.905 1.006 0.919 0.907 0.905 0.916 0.905 0.914 0.901 0.906 0.824 0.822 0.852 0.922 0.930 0.930 0.908 0.965 1.052 0.883 0.952 0.833 0.898 0.903 0.939 0.895 0.940 0.882 0.906