The XYZ Food Company conducted a poll to help determine which type of dinner meal to promote. The poll found that 85% preferred a quickly available frozen meal over a more elaborate cooked meal. 95% preferred a meal with a meat option rather than vegetarian. 45% preferred individual sized portions rather than hearty portions. Based on the results, 40% preferred a hearty frozen meal with meat and 41% preferred an individual frozen meal with meat.

2. What type of dinner meal should the
XYZ Food Company promote for their
new advertising campaign?
0 The following poll was conducted to determine which meal was
preferred by people who made their own meals in the 18-35 age
bracket:
• Do you prefer a quickly available frozen dinner or
would you rather cook a more elaborate dinner?
• Do you prefer a vegetarian meal or a meal with a meat
option?
• Do you prefer individual sized meal portions or
“hearty” meal portions?

3. 0 85 people preferred a quickly
available frozen meal and 15
preferred a more elaborate
meal.
0 5 people preferred a
Results of Poll: vegetarian meal while 95
100 members of the people preferred a meat
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community were polled based on the option.
demographic age of the average user.
This community was chosen because 0 45 people preferred an
the age range closely matched the
parameters of the poll criteria. individual sized meal while 55
people preferred a more
“hearty” sized portion.

4. STATEMENT OF RESULTS
0 40 people preferred a hearty, frozen meal with a meat option.
0 41 people preferred an individual sized frozen meal with a meat option.
0 11 people preferred a hearty meal cooked from scratch with a meat option.
0 3 people preferred a vegetarian frozen meal with hearty portions.
0 1 person preferred a vegetarian frozen meal with individual sized portions.
0 1 person preferred a hearty vegetarian meal cooked from scratch.
0 3 people preferred an individual sized portion with a meat option cooked from
scratch.
I verified that these statements are consistent with the collected data.

6. Follow up questions
0 Would it be a wise move to advertise an individually portioned
vegetarian frozen meal?
0 Answer: No, only 1% of all individuals polled preferred this
option.
0 Based on the poll data, what percent of people prefer to have a
meat option with their meal?
0 Answer: 95% of the people polled preferred a meat option.