Chapter 5 Project – Simulations in Excel
Project – Simulations in Excel
Objective: Use Excel for random number generation in order to answer probabilistic questions.
Materials: You will need Microsoft Excel with the Analysis ToolPak installed.
Procedure: Here¹s how to do Random Number Generation in Excel.
• Create a column of the possible digits (i.e. 0-9, or 00-99 or 000-999, etc.)
• Put the associated probabilities of each digit in the column next to each digit.
o For example, if every digit is equally like and you have ten digits, then each probability is 0.1. (If you had 100 digits, each probability would be 0.01. )
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• Go to Tools ⋄ Data Analysis. (A pop-up window should appear.)
o Scroll down to Random Number Generation. Click OK.
o For Number Of Variables: 20
▪ This is the number of simulations you want to perform.
▪ If you wanted to do 100 simulations, you¹d put ³100² in this box.
o For Number Of Random: 30 (This would generate 30 random #s)
▪ Here, you can always tell it how many random numbers you want created
o For Random Seed: Leave Blank
o For Distribution: Discrete
▪ We¹ll work with some of the other distributions later
o For Value and Probability Input: Click on A2 and drag to B11
▪ Obviously, if you were working with two digit or three digit numbers, you¹d click and drag from the first possible digit (upper left) to the last possible probability (lower right)
o For Output Range: Click ³New Worksheet Ply² and name it ³Random Output²
▪ This will create a new worksheet that will display 20 columns of 30 random digits.
o The window below shows how to do 20 simulations of 30 random digits and displays them in a new worksheet called ³Random Output.²
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SAMPLE Question:
Corinne is a 75% free throw shooter. In a particular game she had 12 attempts and made only 7. Simulate 50 trials of 12 shots. With what probability did she make 7 or fewer baskets?
• Column A = 00-99 (Use the ³Fill Down² feature to quickly create the list of 100 numbers)
i. Let A2 be 00. Let A3 = SUM(A2, 1). Then do Fill Down.
• Assign 00-74 to ³make² and 75-99 to ³miss²
• Column B = 0.01. Use Fill Down again.
• Use the RNG to create 50 sets of 12 random numbers on a new worksheet.
• For each column, you need to figure out if she made fewer than 7 baskets.
i. Use this in A14: =CountIF(A1..A12, ³ ................
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