Computers, Random numbers, Psycics and Faraday cages [UA] (no subject)

[Nick Wedig]

<snip some stuff about psedo-random number generators>
>This will always print the same 10 values.  (Actually, it will probably
>generate a syntax error, because I havn't used basic in the last 10
>years, but you get the idea.)

As I said, I had several different target groups as well, which would mean that, while you'd get higher scores when aiming for (for example) higher numbers (numbers from 51-100), you'd score worse on the lower numbers (1-50) by an equal degree, so it should balance out if there's a problem with the generator not being sufficiently random.  But it came out more-or-less in favor of the desired goals each time.

>I'd want to do it myself, because then I know that the experiment is
>being performed properly and the results are not being reported in a
>biased manner.  

Not being a professional scientist, and possibly not even a competent one, I worry more that I unknowingly corrupted my own data, and trust the professionals more for this.

Mr. Teapot
not a professional

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