Human Random Distribution (Participants needed)

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I dont know if there are many numberphile fans here but after watching this video I became curious about what the distribution of numbers chosen at random by humans actually is, as the distribution that is critical for the trick in the video to work.

So in order to find out I have made a spreadsheet to collect data if enough people fill it in with numbers picked from their respective heads, I will crunch the data and find out.

All I ask is 10 real numbers picked from your head and appended to the data in the spreadsheet in a mature and reasonable manner.

Quick fix: if everyone can use the fill tool to make there own cells black this will hide your random data.

Thanks in advance.

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Sounds cool

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Your spreadsheet is flawed because the numbers people pick will be influenced by the numbers already on the spreadsheet. You could make a form from the spreadsheet so people cant see the numbers until they have picked.

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There you go, filled mine out :) Best of luck doing this

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Yeh that is a problem, another problem is how people choose pairs of random numbers but this survey is just to quickly address the problem. for a quick fix everyone can use the fill tool to make there own cells black. If you have any suggestions they are welcome.

Thanks for your help so far everyone