I’m using Anki and have organized my cards into subdecks like this:
Main Deck
Subdeck A
Card A1
Card A2
Card A3
Subdeck B
Card B1
Card B2
Card B3
Subdeck C
Card C1
Card C2
Card C3
Each subdeck has 10 new cards. However, I feel that Anki isn’t truly randomizing the cards when I study. It seems to favor certain subdecks more than others. I would expect that if there are 10 new cards in each subdeck, the probability of any card appearing should be the same when I start studying, regardless of how many cards each subdeck contains.
Does anyone know how to make Anki randomize the cards properly across all subdecks when studying from the main deck?
Each subdeck has the same number of cards? I ask because then you say “regardless of how many cards each subdeck contains.” It is possible the way we randomise gathering/sorting isn’t good. Do you see a pattern in from what subdecks cards are gathered the most?
(Tbh, I’d like work on one good Shuffle order instead of multiple like we have now.)
The problem is with the new cards. I’ve set the same number of new cards to be studied per day in each subdeck, so they should have the same chance of appearing. However, some subdecks have a much larger total number of new cards overall (for example, one might have 30 total new cards, while another has 900). It seems like the randomization is based more on the total number of cards in each subdeck rather than the daily limit I’ve set. As a result, cards from the larger subdeck are almost always shown first, even though I’ve defined the daily study count equally.
What I want is to have a truly random selection based on the daily limit I set, regardless of the total number of cards in each subdeck. It feels like the current system weighs the chances toward the subdecks with more cards overall, even when they shouldn’t be prioritized for that day.
I thought the issue was with random gathering where most of the cards gathered before gathering stops were overwhelmingly from the larger decks. Surprised the sorting is affected by total cards in subdecks. I suspect there is an issue with the code itself.
No, the main deck uses the same profile as the other subdecks. However, since it’s the “parent,” I made sure to adjust this setting to avoid any filtering issues.
So, if I have 10 subdecks with 5 new cards each, the parent deck shows a total of 50 new cards. It’s the parent deck that I select to study from, expecting it to pull these 50 cards randomly from all subdecks.
If anki had pulled more than the limit from one subdeck, then in another subdeck the limit would not have been completely exhausted and you could have observed one or more new ones available for study.
If the problem is not with the selection of cards. And with their subsequent sorting, you can try to set a limit of new ones for subdecks 1. Add {{Subdeck}} to the card template and see in what order the cards go. After you have studied everything, you can change the limit by 2 and look at the order again.
