As you can see the favourite number is 5 because four people picked five and the next highest number picked was 2. This could be important because its one of the main numbers that comes to peoples head when rounding numbers or using numbers in different ways.
Aim:
To find out what the most common number was in the class.
Method:
I asked as many students that I could in my class to pick a number between 1-20 and then I put it in a graph.
Results:
I learnt that the favourite number in the class is five.
I thought this was very interesting, so just for fun I googled why this happens and came across this interesting answer/experiment...
ReplyDelete“Because the output of the brain is never truly random. There are external factors that influence what number people will pick. The brain never produces complete randomness. It can be influences greatly (and in unexpected ways) by the question or experience preceding the answer. Here's a popular example.
Say “Listen to me carefully, do exactly what I say, don’t ask questions." Pause for a few seconds and say “What is 1+5?" let them answer. “What's 2+4, what's 3+3, what's 4+2, and what's 5+1?" Let them answer each time but ask each question quickly.
Ask the person to say the number "six" 10 times as fast as they can.
Directly after they say the last six say “Name any vegetable."
Even when it appears otherwise, the brain never produces random results. What vegetable did you think of?
Was it "Carrot"?
90% of people will answer "carrot", 8% will answer "celery" and 2% will answer "broccoli"
https://www.quora.com/Why-do-people-when-asked-to-pick-a-number-between-1-and-10-choose-certain-numbers-at-a-higher-frequency-than-others
I wonder if that means somewhere in your classroom the number 5 is quite prominent and that’s why so many of your classmates picked it?