Logic Challenges: Results
Come see the results of the logic challenge questions!
Thank you so much to everyone who participated in this poll. Now, it is time for the results!
Attempt to pick 2/3rds of the average guess!
This question was the one that started this poll in the first place. I was very intrigued on how others would approach this. There are a few different ways to look at this question. For, instance you could go 2/3rds of the average of all the possible guesses (33.33) or you could go 2/3rds of 33.33 (22.22) in order to stay ahead of the pack. Anyway let’s see how the question played out and the right answer. The average was 33.789 which is crazy close to the 2/3rds of 50! That means the correct answer was 22.526. Only two people guessed between 22-23.
Attempt to pick a number that is between 10-20 numbers away from the average!
I had know idea where this question would go. I assumed that people would be split evenly on both sides of 50 so basically everyone would win. My strategy was to pick a number that was 15 higher than the average to have some wriggle room. The average was 45.421 which is about what I expected having a number around 50. Thus, the answer was 25-35 and 55-65. 7 people were able to get that correct.
Attempt to pick the average!
This question was pretty self-explanatory. I thought that everyone was going to pick 50 and move on. However, the guesses are surprisingly more sporadic. The guesses ranged from 3-99. Yet, the average was 47.474. So, the correct answer was 47-48. Only 1 person hit it directly with a guess of 47. Several got really close with a guess of 50.
Attempt to pick the least picked number!
This question was another great one. I imagined that many were going to pick random numbers and that there was going to be about 2 matching pairs. However, the results are a bit more strange. Surprisingly, the most common digits were 1, 3, and 7 arranged in different orders. The only three numbers to be selected more than once were 50, 0, and 71 with 50 being selected 3 times! That means any other number was a valid answer.
Attempt to pick the greatest number that is less than the average!
This question was all about how much are you willing to risk! One strategy is to pick one less than the average of all possible choices (5). This strategy is not a bad one, however, it turns out it was not the best. The average came out to be 5.737 which means 5 was actually the best option. There were 3 people that guessed 5 and 6 that guessed 4.
How many questions do you think you have gotten right so far?
This question is by far the most unusual. It seems to have no point to it. Confidence is an interesting thing to measure especially if you have no clue what answer could be right. Additionally, there seems to be no reason to this question. Here is a question to think on: What was the most common answer? Looking back at it now did you pick the right choice?
Attempt to pick 4/3rds of the average guess!
This question was more of a filler for the grand finale, question 8. Anyway, I looked at this question similarly to question 1. The average was 50.842 which is not 4/3rds of 50 like number 1 was 2/3rds of 50. That observation is quite interesting seeing how the average was not the same relatively. Thus, the answer to number 7 is 67.789. Two participants managed to guess this number exactly and two guessed 66.
Attempt to pick the average of number 6!
Picking the average of someone’s confidence, I feel, can go three ways. You assume that you are dumber that everyone else, you assume you are smarter than everyone else, or you assume you are the same as everyone else. Thus, you pick a number higher, lower, or the same as your answer for number 6 respectively. Now, time for the answer. The average of number 6 was 1.947 while the average of number 8 was 2.743. That means everyone who guessed 2 got it correct which was 6 people.
By the way the answer to the question in the response to question 6 was a tie between 0 and 2.