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Empirical Research and Statistical Analysis course

Thomas Quettier PhD

♥️♠️♦️♣️ Exercise: Random Playing Cards

Your task is to determine whether humans are capable of generating truly random choices. In theory, in a standard deck of playing cards, the four suits (Hearts, Diamonds, Clubs, Spades) are equally distributed, so each suit has the same probability of being chosen. However, when we ask participants to name a card, biases may exist. Your job is to analyze the data and figure out whether human choices are random or exhibit systematic bias. We focused on only on “choice 1” output.


Dataset Location

Navigate to: Data Library > lsj-data > Randomness


Instructions

1️⃣ Check the Data


2️⃣ Write the Hypothesis


3️⃣ Choose the Appropriate Test


4️⃣ Report the Results


Outcome Discussion

Reflect on whether humans have cognitive biases when attempting to make random choices. What implications might this have for designing experiments or games involving human-generated randomness?


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