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The positioning of the dropdown clearly has a lot of influence on the results. People are horrible random number generators! In this case, people are unlikely t
by spravin 16y ago
The positioning of the dropdown clearly has a lot of influence on the results. People are horrible random number generators! In this case, people are unlikely to choose the ends (1/9) or the center (5) leading to a bimodal distribution with two modes at 4 and 7.
- kmiyer 16y agoNote however that different types of input systems were used. Refreshes show the following different types: * A slider that need to be dragged to choose a value. * A list of numbers shown with highlighting on hover. * An input cursor that on hover changes to a list of numbers (within a curved border this time). * A text field (enclosed in a circular border), allowing manual input. I'm quite interested in how results varied depending upon input type (possibly more interesting than seeing how they vary by referrer).
- nixy 16y agoWell, why don't you have a look? :) http://nfrom1to10.appspot.com/results/ http://nfrom1to10.appspot.com/results/
- risotto 16y agoIn thinking back, that's exactly why I picked 4. I just clicked whatever was closest because I wasn't even thinking about the exercise.
- citricsquid 16y agoThe number picker was random, some people got a drop down, some got a list of numbers, some got a slider etc etc etc