Vending Machines on a College Campus Offer a Variety of Snacks

Essay

Vending machines on a college campus offer a variety of snacks. The purchasing
agent believes that each type of snack is equally preferred by students and consequently
orders equal quantities. The number of snacks sold from vending machines on this
campus for the last six months is shown in the following table. $$\begin{array} { | c | c | c | c | c | } \hline \text { Snack Type } & \text { Chips } & \text { Candy Bars } & \text { Crackers } & \text { Nuts } \\\hline \text { Purchase Frequency } & 159 & 198 & 174 & 149 \\\hline\end{array}$$
A. State appropriate hypotheses to test whether the purchasing agent is correct.
b. What is the value of the test statistic and its associated P-value?
c. State the conclusion at α = .05.