Is 17 the most random number? Redux.
I repeated my "pick a number between 1 and 20" experiment over in antarcticlust's scientific salon thelunarsociety. Here's the raw data. This time around, with 34 responses, 17 came up 26.5% of the time out of 34 responses. Here's a pretty little graph of the distribution. In a perfect scenario, each number would occur 5% of the time.
In the comments on the poll, there was some discussion about the number 17, and davidgallaher1 said he picked it because of St. Patrick's Day. I wonder if 17 popped in his head, and then St. Patrick's Day, and he settled on it for that reason, or if the cause and effect relationship was the reverse.
I first tried this back here in my journal here.
In the comments on the poll, there was some discussion about the number 17, and davidgallaher1 said he picked it because of St. Patrick's Day. I wonder if 17 popped in his head, and then St. Patrick's Day, and he settled on it for that reason, or if the cause and effect relationship was the reverse.
I first tried this back here in my journal here.