When a yes or no wheel is the right tool.
A yes or no wheel gives an even answer when two choices are close. How to use one, how to add maybe, and what a study of coin tosses found about it.
By Suraj Kumar3 min read
Some questions are too close to call. A wheel that says yes or no will not know the answer, but it can end the going round in circles, and how you feel when it stops tells you something too.
An even chance, drawn fairly.
With Yes and No on the wheel, each has exactly half the chance, drawn by your browser's cryptographic generator before the wheel turns. Add Maybe on a line of its own and each has a third.
Watch how the answer feels.
In a study of people who let a coin toss decide a hard question, those whom the coin told to make a change were more likely to make it, and were happier six months later on average. If you hope for one answer while the wheel spins, that hope is worth listening to.
Lean the wheel, openly.
Turn on more chances under More options and write “Yes: 2” to give yes twice the chance. The slice grows to match, so everyone can see the wheel is leaning.
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