Pauli, I am most grateful for your offer to help! Even if not pursued, a constructive attitude is always appreciated.pauli wrote: ↑Sun Feb 09, 2020 11:45 amUsing a 41 for raffle draws? It's biased and the results are immediately suspect.
Monte Carlo simulations? It's biassed and the results are immediately suspect.
Dice rolling? It's biassed and the results are immediately suspect.
Dividing up pizza slices? It's biassed and the results are immediately suspect.
I'm willing to assist with improving it. Subject to time availability (which is very limited at present but this is something I've experience with).
Pauli
As for the examples cited, the part I wonder about is not if bias exists, but rather the "immediately suspect" phrase. I think dividing Pizza can be dismissed as with only 8 pieces I don't think you would notice any bias.
For the others, is it not the case (I'm genuinely asking, as I don't have deep background here at all) that bias would only be revealed after a very large number of samples have been issued? I'm not suggesting at all that this makes it any more correct, only wondering about the 'immediate' part of the way its characterized.