Demonstrates the high amount of bias in .NET's random number generator, System.Random.
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var rng = new Random(42); | |
var sampleSize = 10_000_000; | |
var numbers = Enumerable.Repeat(0, sampleSize).Select(_ => rng.Next(0, Int32.MaxValue)); | |
var heads = numbers.Count(x => x % 2 == 1); | |
Console.WriteLine($"Heads: {heads}, tails: {sampleSize - heads}"); | |
// Output: Heads: 5,036,860, tails: 4,963,140 | |
var popStdDev = Math.Sqrt(0.5 * 0.5); | |
var popMean = 0.5; | |
var sampleMean = (Double)heads / sampleSize; | |
var difference = popMean - sampleMean; | |
var z = difference * Math.Sqrt(sampleSize) / popStdDev; | |
Console.WriteLine($"Z score: {z}"); | |
// Output: Z score: -23.3123109107611 | |
// According to my calculator, the probably of this occurring is 0. | |
// Wolfram Alpha is a bit more precise, giving me 3.326*10^-120. |
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