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Letter: Utterly random

Published 9 December 2009

From William Bains, The Eagle

I was delighted to see that my ground-breaking research into the effects of inebriation on the ability of a group of students to generate random numbers has reached Feedback’s desk (14 November). I urge your readers to check and extend my research in as wide a variety of pubs as they can. But please remember: enjoy statistics responsibly.

Cambridge, UK

Issue no. 2738 published 12 December 2009

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