Microsoft Excel can do a lot of cool things. If you need it to generate random numbers, Susan Harkins can show you how.

The potential problems come from the fact that computers are devices programmed by humans and so, almost paradoxically, they must be given a systematic method to choose random numbers.

Random numbers are used in several important technologies including cryptography and numerical simulation. However, large sequences of truly random numbers are notoriously difficult to generate – and ...

If you still want to have a little control over your numbers, you could use a random number generator to choose individual numbers. Use "lotto pick" computer generated numbers.

How to Choose Random Sampling in Excel. Randomly selected samples from a larger population prevent bias in statistical procedures while avoiding the hassle of dealing with the entire dataset.

Even though rand() may be a good enough random number generator for making a video game, the patterns of random bits it spits out may not be sufficient for applications requiring truly random data.… ...