whiteowl Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 I was just trying to show you a tidier way of doing it:) Hit "quote" on my ? post to see more. Cheers - tried spaces but this forum didn't like those and had had a couple of beers so gave up lol :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thistledoo Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 You need a new thread to troll. This one is for the grown ups. Hmmmm......better not! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
howden Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 I picked an answer to the question therefore I was 100% correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macmellus Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 There's a 25% chance you'd pick 50% or 60% and a 50% chance you'd pick 25%, so you can't possibly answer it correctly with those options, therefore the answer is 0%. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nagel Posted November 29, 2012 Author Share Posted November 29, 2012 I picked an answer to the question therefore I was 100% correct. If you picked an answer to the question then it wasn't at random. You were 100% wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leah-Lacie Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 I took it to mean like, erm this question could be any random question, eg "What colour is my dog" and 4 answers eg A. Black B. Brown C. White D. Black but being unable to see the colours, just the letters If you picked an answer at random, whats the chance of it being the right answer? This is how I came to 50% which is probably wrong Posted from Sheffieldforum.co.uk App for Android Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macmellus Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 I took it to mean like, erm this question could be any random question, eg "What colour is my dog" and 4 answers eg A. Black B. Brown C. White D. Black but being unable to see the colours, just the letters If you picked an answer at random, whats the chance of it being the right answer? This is how I came to 50% which is probably wrong Posted from Sheffieldforum.co.uk App for Android I was actually answering the more correctly worded question here; http://www.statisticsblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/ProbOfRightAnswer.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macmellus Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 Not sure how you got to 50% anyhow. Had you gone overboard with the random part? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leah-Lacie Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 Not sure how you got to 50% anyhow. Had you gone overboard with the random part? Hmmm if there were 4 answers, 2 of them being the same and correct (my dog is black) you get a 50% chance of choosing the right one? I don't know, I'm half asleep Posted from Sheffieldforum.co.uk App for Android Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macmellus Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 Hmmm if there were 4 answers, 2 of them being the same and correct (my dog is black) you get a 50% chance of choosing the right one? I don't know, I'm half asleep Posted from Sheffieldforum.co.uk App for Android But the answer may be brown, or the other one. In this case though, I think the answer was none of those. In fact, I don't think there was a dog in the first place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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