Measuring the randomness in random numbers - MathOverflow most recent 30 from http://mathoverflow.net 2013-05-22T05:01:46Z http://mathoverflow.net/feeds/question/40514 http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/rdf http://mathoverflow.net/questions/40514/measuring-the-randomness-in-random-numbers Measuring the randomness in random numbers DanDan 2010-09-29T19:05:40Z 2010-09-29T19:15:49Z <p>I'm looking to write a program to investigate a few random number algorithms. Basically I am looking to see if the spread of numbers is indeed randomly distributed enough. What kind of statistical analysis would I be looking to do?</p> http://mathoverflow.net/questions/40514/measuring-the-randomness-in-random-numbers/40516#40516 Answer by ohai for Measuring the randomness in random numbers ohai 2010-09-29T19:15:49Z 2010-09-29T19:15:49Z <p><a href="http://www.phy.duke.edu/~rgb/General/dieharder.php" rel="nofollow">http://www.phy.duke.edu/~rgb/General/dieharder.php</a></p>