Human-Selected Random Numbers

In this project, a questionnaire was distributed to several people. The participants wrote down one hundred random numbers between 1 and 100 that came to mind. I then entered this data into a computer and created one graph from each questionnaire. The horizontal x-axis represents the order of the individual numbers, and the vertical y-axis represents the value of the selected numbers. The blue graph was generated by a computer, specifically a random number generator. When comparing all the graphs as a whole, it is noticeable that each test subject has a unique graph with their own pattern of entering numbers. It can also be observed that certain nearly identical cycles repeat in many graphs (mostly in the form of a gradual increase and decrease in numbers).

NUMBERS SELECTED BY THE RANDOM NUMBER GENERATOR

NUMBERS CHOSEN BY PEOPLE

COMPLETED SAMPLE QUESTIONNAIRE