Question

Soft drink company A surveys 500 randomly selected people to compare the taste of its new soft drink to the soft drink of its competitor, company B. In side-by-side taste tests, 232 people prefer soft drink A, 228 people prefer soft drink B, and 40 people had no opinion. Soft drink company A then reports the following:
“People clearly prefer the taste of soft drink A.”
Explain why this statistic is misleading.

Answer 1

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Answer 2

4 of the 500 people preferred one over the other. The 4 person-difference is too small to provide any conclusive evidence one way or the other.

Answer 3

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