The document discusses an experiment using Excel to predict one's future based on randomly generated numbers from a dice roll simulation. It describes creating various columns to track daily outcomes, cumulative scores, and monthly trends through pivot tables and pie charts for visual representation. The author reflects on the limitations of predicting life outcomes using randomness, emphasizing the complexity of achieving meaningful predictions.

1. Predicting my future: Roll of dice Is it possible to predict how your life is going to turn out based on random numbers. Well since I can’t anyway find my life predictable, let me see how this works. ../\.. Panda

2. 1 Used excel to generate the random numbers between 1-6 Used the built in RANDBETWEEN(x,y) function where x and y are1 and 6 Inserted a column to left for date.. Generated series for a year. 366 days including today Replaced the random formulae in column B by values.. Using paste special This is because any change in the sheet was regenerating the random numbers. This could have been a problem when I did further analysis ../\.. Panda

3. 2 Inserted a column on the left for month. Should help me show how a month is going to go Added the column to show a qualitative value of how the day would go 0-2 bad, 3-4 average, 5-6 good Added the cumulative column This should let me draw the line graph showing how it is going to be in the next year Now the problem is that with a cumulative score, the graph can go nowhere except northwards.. Not satisfactory Added the second Logical cumulative column A day which was not better than the previous adds a negative effect to the total cumulative score ../\.. Panda

4. This is how the cumulative graph will look like.. ../\.. Panda

5. 3 Made a pivot table to filter out how each month would go.. For each month a pie chart shows the breakup of bad average and good days Derived a table (trend worksheet) to see the breakup Gave weightage to each type (9good, 3average and (-)3Bad) Added a line graph to see the trend of how the months are going to be ../\.. Panda

6. This is how my months are going to be.. ../\.. Panda

7. This is how my months are going to be.. ../\.. Panda