1.) Overview
Set is simply a matching game where the objective is to find as many sets of 3 that follow the game's matching criteria. In the game the card face has 3 shapes, 3 colors, 3 patterns, and 3 groupings. These vary between every card. A group must consist of either 3 of the of the same or 3 different in a category.
In the image below I documented my sets in a round. In the top left I made a match because they are all different shapes, different colors, different patterns, and all have only 2.
The set on the far right on the other hand is a set because they are all diamonds, they are all purple, they are all "hollow", and non of them are the same amount.
{Both of these are far different example of sets;yet both are expectable for this game!
Set is simply a matching game where the objective is to find as many sets of 3 that follow the game's matching criteria. In the game the card face has 3 shapes, 3 colors, 3 patterns, and 3 groupings. These vary between every card. A group must consist of either 3 of the of the same or 3 different in a category.
In the image below I documented my sets in a round. In the top left I made a match because they are all different shapes, different colors, different patterns, and all have only 2.
The set on the far right on the other hand is a set because they are all diamonds, they are all purple, they are all "hollow", and non of them are the same amount.
{Both of these are far different example of sets;yet both are expectable for this game!
2.) Thoughts
It usually happens that I find the sets that look nothing alike (ei: everything about them is different). I think this is because it's more likely to come across sets with different attributes rather than all the same. This is because there are far more possibilities for a set with different characteristic. Each category has a 1 in 3 chance to be the same, and a 2 in 3 chance to be different.
The easiest to spot for me are the sets with the same number. (ex: they all have ONE shape)
3.) Trends
I am curious about the trends (statistics) behind the probability to get certain combinations.