It’s been a while since I teased this, and I know you’ve all been waiting on the edge of your seats… and you’ll have to wait one more day. But I wanted to explain my TPIR car statistics project briefly so that tomorrow, when I post the first part of my results, we can jump right into the analysis.
As you can see, above, I’ve created a database of the prices of the last 200 cars given away during pricing games on The Price is Right, broken down by digit. I’ve also noted the make, model, and date of the show, and I’ll make this spreadsheet public, when it’s done, to allow you all to manipulate the data and run your own tests.
Tomorrow, I’ll start with something simple: the 5th digit. We’ll take a look at which numbers are more or less likely to appear at the end of the price of a car and try to develop strategies based on the results. In the future, we’ll also look at every other digit individually, but then we’ll get into some more complex analyses: Can one digit predict the next digit? How does the price of the same model or make compare from day to day? There are countless questions we’ll be able to answer with this database, but I can only do so much; once the data is made public, the power is yours.
I can only imagine what mysteries we’ll uncover.
