A Closer Look at the Notorious Birthday Coincidences. (24th October 2013)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- A Closer Look at the Notorious Birthday Coincidences. (24th October 2013)
- Main Title:
- A Closer Look at the Notorious Birthday Coincidences
- Authors:
- Falk, Ruma
- Abstract:
- <abstract abstract-type="main"> <title>Summary</title> <p>The article asks about the minimal number of persons required for achieving a probability 1/2 that <bold>a</bold>. At least two share a birthday, <bold>b</bold>. At least one shares the reader's birthday. A basic question about the necessary number of checks underlies both problems.</p> </abstract>
- Is Part Of:
- Teaching statistics. Volume 36:Number 2(2014)
- Journal:
- Teaching statistics
- Issue:
- Volume 36:Number 2(2014)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 36, Issue 2 (2014)
- Year:
- 2014
- Volume:
- 36
- Issue:
- 2
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2014-0036-0002-0000
- Page Start:
- 41
- Page End:
- 46
- Publication Date:
- 2013-10-24
- Subjects:
- Statistics -- Study and teaching (Elementary) -- Periodicals
Statistics -- Study and teaching (Secondary) -- Periodicals
373 - Journal URLs:
- http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1467-9639 ↗
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/ ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1111/test.12014 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 0141-982X
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