A MiniMart sells five different types of Halloween candy bag

A MiniMart sells five different types of Halloween candy bags. The manager reports that the five types are equally popular. Suppose that a sample of 500 purchases yields observed counts 110, 100, 110, and 100 and 80 for types 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 respectively.

Identify the null hypothesis and the alternative hypothesis?

Solution

Ho: There is no significant preference between the different types of Halloween Candy bags.

Ha: There is significant preference between the different types of Halloween Candy bags.