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Empirically, from running a quick script on the data in the article, it seems like you only need to sample 5 numbers to get a distribution that looks uniform us
by samscully 7y ago
Empirically, from running a quick script on the data in the article, it seems like you only need to sample 5 numbers to get a distribution that looks uniform using this "sum mod 10" method.
- pishpash 7y agoIf you're going for empirical, why not ask for between 1 and a very large number? May as well extract as much entropy per person as possible for post-processing.
- jameshart 7y agoMod10, no matter how large the number you’re only keeping the last digit (assuming they choose base 10 numbers), which... is probably no more random than asking them for a single digit in the first place.
- lonelappde 7y agoDon't do mod 10, sum the digits.