Coincidences: The truth is out there

Teaching Statistics

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 17-19

  Matthews, Robert ^a   Stones, Fiona ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO   (United States)

^b Granada TV   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Birthday paradox; Coincidences; Probability; Teaching

Indexed keywords

EID: 85015546964     PISSN: 0141982X     EISSN: 14679639     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9639.1998.tb00752.x     Document Type: Article

References (3)

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2. Naus, J. I., (1968). An extension of the Birthday Problem, The American Statistician, 22, 27-29.
3. Rollin, J., (1996). Guinness Soccer Who’s Who, 10th Edition (Guinness Publishing, Enfield ).