Saturday, January 21, 2006

in quest of the normal curve

In my quest to absolutely and completely waste this day (Saturday), I've spent the evening flipping coins on Ken's Coin Flipping Page. Since flipping two, or ten, or 100 coins at a time serves no real purpose, this is a major must try site.

Note: Ken appears to be Canadian, which might explain things. :)

1 comment:

:P fuzzbox said...

That was a complete waste of time. I think I am addicted.
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If you are a stat person, click on the RESULTS link -- here is some of what you will find:
Table of percentage of heads found
..........0.....1.....2.....3.....4.....5.....6.....7.....8.....9...10...11
1 coins 0.5 0.5
2 coins 0.25 0.5 0.25
3 coins 0.13 0.37 0.38 0.12
4 coins 0.06 0.25 0.38 0.25 0.06
5 coins 0.03 0.16 0.31 0.31 0.15 0.03
6 coins 0.01 0.09 0.24 0.31 0.23 0.1 0.02
7 coins 0.01 0.05 0.17 0.28 0.27 0.16 0.05 0.01
8 coins 0 0.04 0.11 0.22 0.27 0.21 0.11 0.03 0
9 coins 0 0.02 0.07 0.17 0.24 0.25 0.16 0.07 0.02 0
10 coins 0 0.01 0.04 0.12 0.21 0.24 0.21 0.12 0.04 0.01 0
11 coins 0 0.01 0.03 0.09 0.15 0.22 0.23 0.16 0.08 0.03 0.01 0