Chips Ahoy vs.

Great Value
PARKER BROHL
MFET 3810

Introduction

This project will show the difference between Chips Ahoy! and
the Great Value brand of soft chewy chocolate chip cookies.

The information that was gathered and will be used to compare

the two is the amount of chocolate chips in each cookie.

The combination of chocolate chips and taste will determine what

cookies is the best.

Data Collection

The data was collected by tearing apart each cookie in two

packages of Chewy Chips Ahoy! and Great Value Chewy.

There are 24 in each package and there are 4 packages. Two of

each. So 48 samples were taken from each brand and 96 total.

The weight of each cookie was weighed then torn apart to count
each chocolate chip.

To verify accuracy the cookie was completely torn apart onto a

plate then counted 2 times.

Methodology

The hypothesis testing I will use is the 2 Sample T test and 2

sample variance test because I am comparing 2 different
samples.

For the Control chart I will be using the I-MR chart

And for the Process Capability I will examine the probability

graphs and process capability.

Chips Ahoy! Descriptive Statistics

Summary Report for Chocolate Chips Chips Ahoy!
Anderson-Darling Normality Test

Mean = 24.146
StDev = 3.275

A-Squared
P-Value
Mean
StDev
Variance
Skewness
Kurtosis
N

Normality
P-Value = 0.141
Skewness = 0.024255
Kurtosis = 0.438911

Minimum
1st Quartile
Median
3rd Quartile
Maximum

0.56
0.141
24.146
3.275
10.723
0.024255
0.438911
48
17.000
22.000
25.000
26.000
32.000

95% Confidence Interval for Mean

20

95% Confidence Interval

(23.195,25.097)

24

28

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23.195

25.097

95% Confidence Interval for Median

23.000

25.000

95% Confidence Interval for StDev

2.726

95% Confidence Intervals

Mean

Median
23.0

23.5

24.0

24.5

25.0

4.102

Great Value Descriptive Statistics

Summary Report for Chocolate Chips Great Value

Mean = 25.673
StDev = 4.145

Anderson-Darling Normality Test

A-Squared
P-Value
Mean
StDev
Variance
Skewness
Kurtosis
N

Normality
P-Value = 0.178
Skewness = 0.245675
Kurtosis = -0.411659

Minimum
1st Quartile
Median
3rd Quartile
Maximum

0.52
0.178
25.673
4.145
17.183
0.245675
-0.411659
49
17.000
23.000
25.000
29.000
34.000

95% Confidence Interval for Mean

20

24

28

24.483

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26.864

95% Confidence Interval for Median

95% Confidence Interval

(24.483,26.864)

24.000

26.786

95% Confidence Interval for StDev

3.457

95% Confidence Intervals

Mean

Median
24.0

24.5

25.0

25.5

26.0

26.5

27.0

5.179

2 Sample T Test

Two-sample T for Chocolate Chips Great

Value vs Chocolate Chips Chips Ahoy!

Boxplot of Chocolate Chips Great Value, Chocolate Chips Chips Ahoy!

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Mean

30

Chocolate Chips Great Value 25.71

0.60

Chocolate Chips Chips Ahoy! 24.15 3.27

Data

StDev
25

20

Estimate for difference: 1.563

95% CI for difference: (0.039, 3.086)

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Chocolate Chips Great Value

Chocolate Chips Chips Ahoy!

2 Sample Variance Test

95% Confidence Intervals
CI for
CI for StDev
Variance
Method
Ratio
Ratio
Bonett (0.571, 1.038) (0.325,
1.078)
Levene (0.512, 1.028) (0.262,
1.056)

Test and CI for Two Variances: Chocolate Chips Chips Ahoy!, Chocolate Chips Great Value
Ratio = 1 vs Ratio 1
95% CI for (Chocolate Chips Chips Ahoy!) / (Chocolate Chips Great Value)
BonettsTest

Bonett

P-Value

Levene

P-Value
0.5

0.6

0.7

0.8

0.9

1.0

95% CI for StDevs

Chocolate Chips Chips Ahoy!

Chocolate Chips Great Value

Tests
Method P-Value
Bonetts 0.087
Levene 0.071

0.087

LevenesTest

3.0

3.5

4.0

4.5

5.0

5.5

Boxplot of Chocolate Chips Chips Ahoy!, Chocolate Chips Great Value

Chocolate Chips Chips Ahoy!

Chocolate Chips Great Value

15

20

25

30

35

0.071

Chips Ahoy! Control Chart

Xbar-R Chart of Chocolate Chips Chips Ahoy!

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UCL=30.49
Sample Mean

TEST 1. One
point more than
3.00 standard
deviations from
center line.

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X=24.15

24

LCL=17.80
1

Test Failed at
points: 11
There was one
outlier in the
data.

28

20

11

13

15

17

19

21

23

Sample
16

Sample Range

12

UCL=11.03

8
_
R=3.37

4
0

LCL=0
1

11

13
Sample

15

17

19

21

23

Great Value Control Chart

Xbar-R Chart of Chocolate Chips Great Value

Sample Mean

35

UCL=34.17

30
_
_
X=25.71

25
6

20

LCL=17.25
15
1

11

13

15

17

19

21

23

Sample
16

Sample Range

TEST 6. 4 out of 5 points more than

1 standard deviation from center
line (on one side of
CL).
Test Failed at points: 16

UCL=14.70

12
8
_
R=4.5

4
0

LCL=0
1

11

13
Sample

15

17

19

21

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Process Capability
Process Capability Report for Chocolate Chips , Chocolate Chips
Chocolate Chips Chips Ahoy!

Probability Plots of Chocolate Chips , Chocolate Chips

LSL

Chocolate Chips Chips Ahoy!

Within
Cp
0.204
CPL 0.117
CPU 0.291
Cpk 0.117

Normal - 95% CI, AD: 0.559, P: 0.141

99
90

Target

USL

16

Overall
Within

12

Overall
Pp
0.204
PPL 0.117
PPU 0.291
Ppk 0.117
Cpm 0.197

50

10
1

0
15

20

25

30

35

17

21

LSL

Normal - 95% CI, AD: 0.464, P: 0.245

Within
Cp
0.166
CPL 0.225
CPU 0.107
Cpk 0.107

99
90

10

3
25

30

35

40

Target

USL
Overall
Within
Overall
Pp
0.159
PPL 0.216
PPU 0.103
Ppk 0.103
Cpm 0.157

9
6

20

33

12

50

15

29

Chocolate Chips Great Value

Chocolate Chips Great Value

25

17

21

25

29

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Process Capability
Process Capability Report for Chocolate Chips Chips Ahoy!

Process Capability Report for Chocolate Chips Great Value

LSL Target USL

LSLTargetUSL

Process Data
LSL
23
Target
25
USL
27
Sample Mean 24.1458
Sample N
48
StDev(Overall) 3.27459
StDev(Within) 3.27104

Overall
Within
Overall Capability
Pp
0.20
PPL 0.12
PPU 0.29
Ppk 0.12
Cpm 0.20
Potential (Within) Capability
Cp
0.20
CPL 0.12
CPU 0.29
Cpk 0.12

18

20

22

24

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Performance
Observed Expected Overall Expected Within
PPM < LSL 312500.00
363200.78
363058.19
PPM > USL 104166.67
191710.72
191452.54
PPM Total 416666.67
554911.50
554510.73

28

30

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Process Data
LSL
24
Target
26
USL
28
Sample Mean 25.7083
Sample N
48
StDev(Overall) 4.18182
StDev(Within) 3.97993

Overall
Within
Overall Capability
Pp
0.16
PPL 0.14
PPU 0.18
Ppk 0.14
Cpm 0.16
Potential (Within) Capability
Cp
0.17
CPL 0.14
CPU 0.19
Cpk 0.14

16

20

24

28

Performance
Observed Expected Overall Expected Within
PPM < LSL 333333.33
341447.93
333875.39
PPM > USL 291666.67
291843.38
282373.26
PPM Total 625000.00
633291.32
616248.66

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Conclusion

The data that was gathered is normal for both the chips ahoy and the
great value.

The 2 Sample T test and 2 sample variance test show that the difference
between the two are small by about 1.5 chocolate chips on average.

The control charts showed that the two are both out of control with the
sample size chosen.

With the spec limits I set up of the target being 25 and the Upper limit
27 and the lower limit 23 the process is out of control.

More samples should be taken to get better results and if I open up my

spec limits the data should show more control and capability for both.

In conclusion the chocolate chips are almost the same amount in both
brands, but the taste test goes to chips ahoy!.