Random Numbers and David Lynch

This inquiry evaluates the randomness in David Lynch’s 853 ”Today’s Number Is…” (TNI) series from August 2020 to December 2022. An API collected the transcript, and extracted the TNI number and date. This sequence was verified with the YouTube channel: “Seth M-T”‘s TNI sequence. To evaluate the degree of foul and fair play involved in the TNI series statistical analyses were performed. Statistical Analyses performed were a chi-squared goodness of fit test, a difference-in-days analysis and a Monte Carlo portfolio analysis using simulated data, multiple correspondence analysis, and mahalanobis distances. The distribution of TNI numbers does not significantly deviate from random, simulated data from the multinomial distribution. Excluding other evaluation methods, and an outlier difference-in-days gap of 84, the analyses did not identify foul play that would influence the TNI random selections.