Re: Humans generating random numbers

From: Alex (usenet_poster_a@tranzoa.com)
Date: 02/03/03 

Date: Mon, 03 Feb 2003 12:26:48 -0800
From: Alex <usenet_poster_a@tranzoa.com>

Kevin Foltinek wrote:
> I asked this question on sci.math, and someone suggested I ask it here.
>
> I have vague recollections of statements along the lines of "Humans
> are really bad at generating random numbers". I've searched on the
> Internet for supporting research, but unfortunately I have found
> nothing other than equally vague statements and some Java scripts for
> doing experiments.
>
> What I am interested in is actual research journal articles, ideally a
> relatively recent overview, that discuss this topic. Can anyone here
> point me in the right direction?
>
> As a possible clarification: I am interested in experiments such as
> humans sitting down and typing sequences of 0's and 1's; I am *not*
> interested in (e.g.) measuring the time interval between keystrokes
> and using these to seed a PRNG.
>
> Thanks,
> Kevin.

Might be interesting to you:

http://www.jtan.com/guess/

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