> ######
> >>> count_duplicates = 0
> >>> for i in range(10):
> ... if has_duplication(make_roll(50, 6)):
> ... count_duplicates = count_duplicates + 1
> ...
> >>> count_duplicates
> 1
> >>> 1.0 / 10
> 0.10000000000000001
> ######
>
>
> Experimentally, we're seeing 1%, but that might just be a fluke. Or maybe
> it's just because the trial size is much too small. *grin*
Gaaa. I can't add or subtract. I meant:
Experimentally, we're seeing 10%, but that might just be a fluke. Or
maybe it's just because the trial size is much too small.
> >>> def do_trial(n):
> ... """Returns the number of duplicates if we do a n-trial."""
> ... count_duplicates = 0
> ... for i in range(n):
> ... if has_duplication(make_roll(50, 6)):
> ... count_duplicates = count_duplicates + 1
> ... return float(count_duplicates) / n
The comment is wrong. It should be:
"""Returns the probability of duplicates if we do an n-trial."""
> The variable names 'x' and 'y' suck (I'll try to think of better ones next
> time), but I hope that it's clear what we're doing: we're making
> do_trial() more general so it can handle different dice rolls. And
> because they are parameters in our do_trial() function, we can then see
> what the situation loosk like as we get more and more kids in the
^^^^^
Looks, not loosks.
Sorry about that!
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