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<blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 6014927" data-attributes="member: 177"><p>Well, the guy in the video is trying to sell you something. He may be 100% accurate, but he's got motive for bias. A skeptical reader might not that it would have been super-easy for him to specifically choose the dice in those stacks for his demonstration...</p><p></p><p>If you're really worried, find or write yourself a chi-squared tester.</p><p></p><p>A couple of articles for practicals for gamers:</p><p></p><p><a href="http://deltasdnd.blogspot.com/2009/02/testing-balanced-die.html" target="_blank">http://deltasdnd.blogspot.com/2009/02/testing-balanced-die.html</a></p><p></p><p><a href="http://deltasdnd.blogspot.com/2009/02/follow-up-testing-balanced-dice.html" target="_blank">http://deltasdnd.blogspot.com/2009/02/follow-up-testing-balanced-dice.html</a></p><p></p><p>And, one tester that does the math for you.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://axiscity.hexamon.net/users/isomage/misc/chi2.cgi" target="_blank">Chi-square calculator for dice</a></p><p></p><p>I cannot vouch for the code behind the tester above, of course.</p><p></p><p>Note that in order to test, you have to roll <em>a lot</em>. In the tester I link there, I tested a 10-sider, just for the heck of it. In 50 rolls, not a single 9 or 10. But, in that few rolls, that's still not evidence for real bias.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Umbran, post: 6014927, member: 177"] Well, the guy in the video is trying to sell you something. He may be 100% accurate, but he's got motive for bias. A skeptical reader might not that it would have been super-easy for him to specifically choose the dice in those stacks for his demonstration... If you're really worried, find or write yourself a chi-squared tester. A couple of articles for practicals for gamers: [url]http://deltasdnd.blogspot.com/2009/02/testing-balanced-die.html[/url] [url]http://deltasdnd.blogspot.com/2009/02/follow-up-testing-balanced-dice.html[/url] And, one tester that does the math for you. [url=http://axiscity.hexamon.net/users/isomage/misc/chi2.cgi]Chi-square calculator for dice[/url] I cannot vouch for the code behind the tester above, of course. Note that in order to test, you have to roll [I]a lot[/I]. In the tester I link there, I tested a 10-sider, just for the heck of it. In 50 rolls, not a single 9 or 10. But, in that few rolls, that's still not evidence for real bias. [/QUOTE]
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