_____ people
in the room
Website: http://www-stat.stanford.edu/~susan/surprise/Birthday.html
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Count the
number of times you had at least one match for each trial. What is the percentage
of successful matches to trials? (One or more matches counts as only one
match.)
Student
activity:
Have students
collect data on groups of X people whose birthdates are unknown
but can be ascertained. For example:
- Presidents of the United States
- Vice Presidents of the
United States
- Members of the New York Liberty basketball
team
- Students in your schools classrooms.
(Choose X members at random from a class list and find out their birthdates.)