>>>>> "aldi" == Aldi Kraja <aldi@wubios.wustl.edu> writes:
aldi> I am testing a random die. By using runif the two extreme values 1 and
aldi> 6 are showing with less values compared with the numbers 2,3,4, and
aldi> 5. Is there any good reason for it to happen?
Of course. 1 and 6 corresponds to 1/2-unit distances, the other 4 to
1 unit distances (6-1 = 5, sum of distances = 0.5 + 0.5 + 1 + 1 + 1 +
1).
I would expect 1 and 6 to occur half as often (individually) as the
other 4 might.
best,
-tony
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