Results for: Pick a number from 1 to 10

Re:Results for: Pick a number from 1 to 10 by spravin on Sunday March 27, 2011 @11:52PM (#2377069)

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.

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Re:Results for: Pick a number from 1 to 10 by citricsquid on Monday March 28, 2011 @12:25AM (#2377147)

The number picker was random, some people got a drop down, some got a list of numbers, some got a slider etc etc etc

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Re:Results for: Pick a number from 1 to 10 by kmiyer on Monday March 28, 2011 @12:33AM (#2377161)

Note 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).

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Re:Results for: Pick a number from 1 to 10 by nixy on Monday March 28, 2011 @12:36AM (#2377167)

Well, why don't you have a look? :) http://nfrom1to10.appspot.com/results/

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Re:Results for: Pick a number from 1 to 10 by risotto on Monday March 28, 2011 @12:19AM (#2377129)

In thinking back, that's exactly why I picked 4.

I just clicked whatever was closest because I wasn't even thinking about the exercise.

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