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Coin Tossing Activity
One of the following is a real sequence of 200 tosses of a fair coin.
The other sequence was made up. (Both sequences were generated by students
in my Chance course in Winter 1997). Which do you think is real and which
do you think is imaginary?
HTHHTTTTHHTHHHTHTTTHHTTTHTTTHHTTHTHHTHTTHHTHHTTHHT
- TTHHTTHHHTHHTTHTTHHTTTTHHTTHHTHTTHHTHTTHHTHTHHHTHH
- THHTTTHHTHHTTTHTHTHHTHTTHHTTTHHHTHTTHTHHTHTTHTTHTT
- TTHHTHTTHTHHHHTHTTHHTHTTTHHTHTTHHTHTTHTHHTTHTHTTHH
- TTHHHHHTHTHHHHHTTTTHHHTHTHTTTTTHTTTTHTHTTHHTHTTTTH
- THHHTHTHTTHHTTHHTTHTHTTHHHTTTHHTTHTTHHHHHHHHTTHHTH
- HTHHHHHTHHHTTTHTHHTHTTTTHHTTTHTTTHHTTHHHHHHTHTHHHT
- TTTHTTHHHTHHHHHHHTTHTTTTTHTTHTHHTTTTTTHTHTHTTHTHTT
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- Click here to see the results from the
sequences you generated in class, and my attempt to classify them. You
may recall that this activity was described in the Benford's
Law article we read earlier in the semester!