Week 6: Conclusion

From this experiment , where the aim was to determine  which brand of microwave popcorn brand yields fewer un-popped kernels. The data gathered in this experiment  firstly gave unexpected results.Although determination was successful, It was found that my hypothesis of ,   If the cost of a microwave popcorn brand is higher then it will yield fewer un-popped kernels, was incorrect. As results proves that Uncle Toby's, the most expensive(high priced name brand) had the highest average total percentage of popped kernels with 91 %, closely followed by Coles, the cheapest brand (sure fine generic brand) with 88 % and lastly Poppin with lowest percentage (mid range name brand) with a drop to 78%.  It is , however, interesting to note that although Coles (The sure fine generic) brand had the second highest percentage , it would be of better value for your money than the Uncle Toby's brand with the highest brand as it was a lot cheaper and more consistent with results overall in terms of the number of un-popped , popped and total kernels in each bag, based on results. The relevance of these findings is to help Popcorn companies understand any improvements they need to make to improve the structure and "pop-ability" of popcorn , to rid the name of "the old maids" which refers to an unpopped kernel in a batch of popped popcorn kernels. By knowing the percentage of popped kernels in the bags will help for them to focus on the rest of un-popped kernels, this would definitely prove profitable for their business and improve the current decreasing popcorn sales. 


BUBBL.US UPDATE:

Week 6 Progress Report

I have almost finished my SRP blog. I have achieved more than I expected I would have thought for my assessment , which I can say I am very proud of.

In week 6 of my SRP , I have finally have written my conclusion , which I have also inserted into my report. In my conclusion I have brought together all my results and findings and also keeping in mind not to introduce any new data and information. I use the marking criteria on the myclassess website as a guide for writing my conclusion, it helped myself a great deal.  

My conclusion will be featured in the blog following this one.

As for the current update on my report , I have proof read through what I have so far , fixing any mistakes and making sure it follows the outline of a proper Scientific Report. Hopefully this week I will be able to send my report to my Teacher , Mr.Ng so he can also have a look over it.