So do you conclude that there is or is not any statistical evidence that the random mix isn't being random?
Max smc2911 Wrote: > Despite having a mathematics degree, I too was initially suckered by the > birthday paradox and was surprised by the frequency of multiple tracks > from a single album in a random playlist. To recover my pride, since > someone mentioned the birthday paradox > (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birthday_paradox), I could resist doing > the calculations. Here are some probabilities for seeing at least two > tracks from the same album (any album, not a particular album) for a > collection of 350 albums (my collection) and 650 (Mike's). > -- max.spicer The wild things roared their terrible roars and gnashed their terrible teeth and rolled their terrible eyes and showed their terrible claws but Max stepped into his private boat and waved good-bye ------------------------------------------------------------------------ max.spicer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=23 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19696 _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
