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Int1 114.1.1 Task 3

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After researching, I found two studies that are similar to my experiment. One study by Sean Boyd (2007) tested to see which brand of microwave popcorn yielded the least amount of un-popped kernels. Mr. Boyd tested five brands of butter flavored microwave popcorn: Aldi, Act II, Orville Redenbacher, Jolley Time and Pop-Secret. His experiment proved his hypothesis partially wrong. Mr. Boyd hypothesized that Orville Redenbacher would be the best and Aldi's would be the worst. His experiment proved that Act II produced the least amount of un-popped kernels while Aldi's did have the most un-popped kernels on average. On the other end of the spectrum, Tammie Mason (2011) experimented to see which brand of microwave popcorn yielded the …show more content…

I counted, recorded and discarded any un-popped kernels and discarded any pieces that appeared to be broken off a popped kernel. A plastic spoon was used to carefully sort through the popcorn to minimize breakage. Each brand was counted and recorded on the data sheet. I then took the amount of popped kernels and divided by the total kernels in each bag. After collecting the data from all three bags of each brand, I totaled all the popped kernels and divided by the total kernels overall for each brand which gave me the following results. Data was collected as follows: Brand Un-popped Kernels Popped Kernels Total Kernels per Bag Average "Pop-ability" or Yield per Brand Pop Weaver 39 853 892 95.63% Bag A 20 282 302 Bag B 7 284 291 Bag C 12 287 299 Jolley Time 113 1030 1143 90.11% Bag A 40 348 388 Bag B 44 334 378 Bag C 29 348 377 Orville Redenbacher 85 1163 1248 93.19% Bag A 37 391 428 Bag B 16 388 404 Bag C 32 384 416 Act II 116 1137 1253 90.74% Bag A 42 374 416 Bag B 25 402 427 Bag C 49 361 410 Appropriate Methods: I believe the most appropriate and thorough way to collect the data for this experiment was in the way described in the collection of data. I cooked to each brand according to the directions provided by the manufacturer. By following their directions, that would ensure maximum amount of product.

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