Comments on: How to select a competition winner at random http://www.communicatejesus.com/2009/08/how-to-select-a-competition-winner-at-random/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 06:25:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Competition Winners! | Calum Henderson http://www.communicatejesus.com/2009/08/how-to-select-a-competition-winner-at-random/comment-page-1/#comment-2936 Competition Winners! | Calum Henderson Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:34:33 +0000 http://communicatejesus.com/?p=2427#comment-2936 [...] In order to determine the winners I pretty much followed the procedure set out by Steve Kryger in his post, “How to select a competition winner at random“. [...] [...] In order to determine the winners I pretty much followed the procedure set out by Steve Kryger in his post, “How to select a competition winner at random“. [...]

]]> By: Steven Kryger http://www.communicatejesus.com/2009/08/how-to-select-a-competition-winner-at-random/comment-page-1/#comment-1248 Steven Kryger Wed, 12 Aug 2009 07:31:14 +0000 http://communicatejesus.com/?p=2427#comment-1248 Bob also made the following suggestion as an alternative way of choosing a random winner: "Why not put =rand() in entry number for everyone, then sort by that column? Then just pick the top 5 (or whatever) -- you're in excel anyway." Bob also made the following suggestion as an alternative way of choosing a random winner:

“Why not put =rand() in entry number for everyone, then sort by that column? Then just pick the top 5 (or whatever) — you’re in excel anyway.”

]]> By: David Ould http://www.communicatejesus.com/2009/08/how-to-select-a-competition-winner-at-random/comment-page-1/#comment-1247 David Ould Wed, 12 Aug 2009 07:14:46 +0000 http://communicatejesus.com/?p=2427#comment-1247 weeeee!!!! I win!!!! ahem. Sorry Ian ;-) weeeee!!!! I win!!!!

ahem. Sorry Ian ;-)

]]> By: Ian Tyrrell http://www.communicatejesus.com/2009/08/how-to-select-a-competition-winner-at-random/comment-page-1/#comment-1246 Ian Tyrrell Wed, 12 Aug 2009 02:04:47 +0000 http://communicatejesus.com/?p=2427#comment-1246 Curses! People either side of me won! Are you sure you didn't use notrandom.org? ;) Curses!
People either side of me won!

Are you sure you didn’t use notrandom.org?

;)

]]> By: Ben Hudson http://www.communicatejesus.com/2009/08/how-to-select-a-competition-winner-at-random/comment-page-1/#comment-1245 Ben Hudson Wed, 12 Aug 2009 01:20:02 +0000 http://communicatejesus.com/?p=2427#comment-1245 Should have commented - They were good odds. Should have commented – They were good odds.

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