Cheetos Taste Test
By: Madi, Levi, Zack, And Emily
1. Problem/ Question
Regular Cheetos
Main ingredients: Enriched corn meal, vegetable oil, cheese seasoning, canola oil. Calories: 150 per serving (21 pieces)
Regular vs. Baked
Can you tell the difference?
Baked Cheetos
Main ingredients: Enriched corn meal, vegetable oil, whey cheddar cheese, salt. Calories: 130 per serving (21 pieces)
2. Gathering Information:
3. Hypothesis
Zack's Hypothesis: 70-75% of people would not be able to tell the difference between the 2 different kinda of Cheetos.
Levi's Hypothesis:75-85% of people would NOT be able to tell the difference between the 2 brands of Cheetos.
Emily's Hypothesis: 80% of people would NOT be able to tell the difference between Cheetos and Baked Cheetos.
4. Experiment
Step 2 of Experiment
- First we will put all our materials needed for our taste test on the table and get organized.
- Then we will grab the two popcorn bowls and dump the Baked Cheetos in one, and Regular Cheetos in the other, and the bowls are going to be two different colors so we could tell the difference between the 2 Cheetos. Then we will hide the two bowls behind our bag of materials that is empty so that no one will see the Cheetos and it will be fair.
- Then we will grab our 150 napkins and put them for easy reach because we will be using them for every single person tasting our test.
- After that we will label the table 1,2 and 3 all the number about half the size of a napkin, so we can place the napkins above the numbers so we can use our randomizer and place our Cheetos in the proper spot.
- When we finish that we will set up our 3 napkins above the 3 numbers. We will put on our gloves and place our Cheetos on the 3 separate napkins in the order it tells us on the first set of the randomizer.
- When one of the students comes to our table we will read what is on our greeting note card and tell them exactly what the taste test is an about.
- They will eat the Cheetos from 1 to 3, and on the ipad that has a form for them to fill out to select what Cheeto they want, they will fill in their name, female or male, and what one they thought tasted different.
- After the students have left we will reset the ipad
- We will grab the dirty napkins and replace them with fresh ones while throwing the dirty ones away. We will place the 3 napkins in the same spot as we did the first time.
- After that we will also fill the napkins with the second set of Cheetos in their exact order just like before.
- We will keep repeating steps 5 through 10 until time has run out and the taste test is over.
- After the taste test is over we will throw away our gloves, the last set of dirty napkins, and Zack will take home his empty bowls. Meanwhile the owners of the 2 bags of Cheetos may take what is left over, home.
- After the table is cleared off, we will put our other lasting materials in the bag (except the iPad) and place it in Mr. Landers science room on the back counter.
Kimberly Tasting Our Cheetos
Liam Tasting our Cheetos
Jarrett Tasting Our Cheetos
The Final Results of Our Cheetos Taste Test
Observation, Data collection, Analyzation:
Pie Chart
The overall results of who could tell the difference and who couldn't.
Bar Graph
The overall results of who could tell the difference and who couldn't
Pie Chart
The result of the males who could tell the difference and couldn't tell the difference, and the results of females who could tell the difference and couldn't tell the difference.
5. Conclusion
Zack's hypothesis was: If people where given baked and regular Cheetos then 70-75% could NOT tel the difference between the 2 Cheetos. His hypothesis was rejected. He was close, but the final answer was 53.8% could not tell the difference.
Levi's hypothesis was: If people where given baked and regular Cheetos then 75- 85% could not tell the difference between the 2 Cheetos, his hypothesis was rejected. He was close, but the final answer was 53.8% could not tell the difference.
Emily's hypothesis was: If people where given baked and regular Cheetos then 85% of people would not be able to tell the difference between Baked Cheetos and Regular Cheetos, his hypothesis was rejected. She was close, but the final answer was 53.8% could not tell the difference.
Error/Mistakes
We also made a mistake by forgetting to take pictures for our project.
If I were gonna tell you things to do to get a good grade on this project I would make a checklist of things to do so you don't forget, and Instead of using the iPads I would just circle the answer on the randomizer.
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