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Title
Pastry Advice

Specific Question
How does the brand of cupcake mix effect the cupcake a subject will chose as a better taste?

Hypothesis
That Pillsbury will be most chosen by the subjects

Variables
Independent Variable: Brand of Cake mix Dependent Variable: Howe many people liked each brand

Variables That Need To Be Controlled: the testers stay the same, same oven, same pan, same cupcake liners, same mixing utensils, same temperature, same time of day to test, same frosting

Vocabulary List That Needs Explanation
Pastry: A dough of flour, shortening, and water, used as a base and covering in baked dishes such as pies. Pillsbury: American manufacturer who founded (1869) C.A. Pillsbury and Company, one of the largest flour-milling enterprises of the 19th century. Betty Crocker: Betty Crocker, a cultural icon, is a brand name and trademark of American Fortune 3 corporation General Mills.

General Plan
 An experiment will be conducted to test the taste of two different brands of white cake mix. Cupcakes will be made using Pillsbury white cake mix and Betty Crocker white cake mix. They will both be frosted with Pillsbury whipped chocolate frosting. Twenty-four subjects will be judging on which cake mix taste the best. Be doing a blind taste test. Put the two half cupcakes and mark them A and B. Then the testers will eat them and decide which one taste better. The experiment will be tested on March 21st.

Potential Problems And Solutions
People eating more than the half cupcake given to them. Solution - Could use less people. People don't bring in their permission slips to try the cupcakes. Solution - Ask different people. Buying the right ingredients for each mix, and if they were not using the same ones. Solution - Read the back of each before starting.

Safety Or Environmental Concerns
burns allergic reactions

Resources and Budget Table
__Materials:__
 * Large bowl - (home)
 * Cupcake Pan - (home)
 * Wooden Spoon - (home)
 * 24 Subjects (School)
 * Oven - (home)
 * Pillsbury White Cake Mix -$1.29
 * Betty Crocker White Cake Mix -$1.00
 * Pillsbury creamy supreme(vanilla)-$1.49
 * Eggs - $2.99
 * Baking Cups -$1.39
 * Crisco Oil -$3.92
 * Running Faucet - (home)

Data Table

 * Brand || NumberofStudentsthatlikeit ||  ||
 * A ||  ||   ||
 * B ||  ||   ||

Time Line
**3/11 complete design and collection of all materials (jbes) ** **3/11 run a test of the setup, not collecting data, just seeing if everything works ** **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">3/19 run first official trials of experiment, collect first data (jbes) ** **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">3/21 complete all trials of experiment and all data collection (home) ** **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">3/21 complete all data analysis; mean,median,range,graphs (home) ** **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">3/21 complete results and conclusions write up (home) **

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Ingredients <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://www.wegmans.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?langId=-1&storeId=10052&catalogId=10002&productId=364842__] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"> [|__http://www.hurryupcakes.com/recipes/cake-recipes/modified-betty-crocker-mix-white-cake__]

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">More info.... <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"> [|__http://news.consumerreports.org/appliances/2012/03/range-used-in-pillsbury-bake-off-is-a-cr-best-buy.html__] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> How to do a blind taste test...

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">In marketing, a blind taste test is often used as a tool for companies to compare their [|brand] to another brand. For example, the [|Pepsi Challenge] is a famous taste test that has been run by [|Pepsi] since 1975 as a method to show their superiority to Coca-Cola. Taste tests are also a tool sometimes used by companies to develop their brand or new product. There are two types of blind taste tests. The [|single blind test] is where the experimenters know the information about the participants but the participants do not know anything about the experimenters or the product that they are testing. In a [|double blind taste test], the experimenters know nothing about the participants. The aforementioned Pepsi Challenge is an example of a single blind test. A 1999 commercial for [|7Up] used a blind taste test with one as 7Up and the other as rancid [|milk], dishwasher liquid, [|wallpaper] paste, and others that tasted bad, and the host said, "See, 7Up tastes better".

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Pillsbury creamy vanilla frosting: $1.49 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://www.hannaford.com/product/Pillsbury-Creamy-Vanilla-Frosting/742675.uts?hdrKeyword=frosting__] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Pillsbury white cake mix: $1.00 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://www.hannaford.com/catalog/search.cmd?keyword=pillsbury%20white%20cake%20mix__] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Betty Crocker white cake mix: $1.29 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://www.hannaford.com/catalog/search.cmd?keyword=betty%20crocker%20white%20cake%20mix__]

References

Detailed Procedure

 * 1) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Gather all of the materials
 * 2) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Preheat oven to 350°F
 * 3) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Follow directions in recipe to make the cupcakes (Put about a cup of mix into each baking sheet)
 * 4) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Put about a half a cup of mix into each baking sheet
 * 5) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Take the cupcakes out of the oven
 * 6) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Let the cupcakes cool for at least 4 minutes
 * 7) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Frost when cooled off
 * 8) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Bring to school the next day
 * 9) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Bring cupcakes into science room (during F block)
 * 10) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">During science have three subjects come into the room
 * 11) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Give them a piece of paper and a pencil to write with
 * 12) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Have the subjects try each half cupcake
 * 13) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Then have the subjects vote by writing the letter of the cupcakes on the piece of paper(don’t tell them the brand)

Photo List
Ingredients Materials cupcakes in oven subjects trying each half cupcake (12)

Results
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Twenty four subjects tried two halves of two different brands of cupcakes. Subjects chose which half they like the best. Cupcake A was made with Pillsbury white cake mix and sixteen subjects chose this brand. Cupcake B was made with Betty Crocker white cake mix and eight subjects chose this brand. It was observed that 67% of the people liked Pillsbury and only 33% of the people prefered Betty Crocker.

All Raw Data
Brand of Cake Mix - Total of what brand people like best

Pillsbury (A) - 16

Betty Crocker (B) - 8

Graphs




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Data Analysis
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Twenty four subjects tried two halves of two different brands of cupcakes. Subjects chose which half they like the best. Cupcake A was made with Pillsbury white cake mix and sixteen subjects chose this brand. Cupcake B was made with Betty Crocker white cake mix and eight subjects chose this brand. It was observed that 67% of the people liked Pillsbury and only 33% of the people prefered Betty Crocker.

Conclusion
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> An experiment was conducted to see which cake brand people like better. The dependent variable is which brand of cupcakes mix subjects like better. The Independent variable is the brand of cupcake mix. The majority of the subjects selected Pillsbury as their favorite brand. Twenty-four subjects tasted each brand of cupcake.

Discussion
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> The question for this experiment is what brand of cake mix do middle school students like better? The experiment answered the question that the testers liked Pillsbury more than Betty Crocker. Twelve cupcakes were made using each brand of cake mix. The cupcakes were cut in half and placed on two separate tables labeled A and B. Twenty four students from middle school tasted the cupcakes. Students recorded which of the cupcakes they preferred and the hypothesis was proven because Pillsbury was chosen more by the students more than Betty Crocker **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The results showed that 66.7% preferred the Pillsbury brand and 33.3% chose Betty Crocker. The hypothesis was supported by these results. ** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Some problems or issues that went wrong with this experiment is that a lot of people were taking too many cupcakes. One thing that could have been done differently is, there could have been a sign on the experiment table saying “only one half of a cupcake”.

Abstract
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 24px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">An experiment was conducted to see which cake brand people like better. The dependent variable is which brand of cupcakes mix subjects like better. The Independent variable is the brand of cupcake mix. The majority of the subjects selected Pillsbury as their favorite brand. Twenty-four subjects tasted each brand of cupcake. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 24px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Twenty four subjects tried two halves of two different brands of cupcakes. Subjects chose which half they like the best. Cupcake A was made with Pillsbury white cake mix and sixteen subjects chose this brand. Cupcake B was made with Betty Crocker white cake mix and eight subjects chose this brand. It was observed that 67% of the people liked Pillsbury and only 33% of the people prefered Betty Crocker.