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Non BG Related Probability Problem - Answer

Posted By: Rich Munitz
Date: Wednesday, 5 May 2010, at 6:40 p.m.

In Response To: Non BG Related Probability Problem - Answer (Timothy Chow)

"Once you start doing the experiment for real, other factors do come into play. Even ignoring leap years, people's birthdays are not uniformly distributed over all 365 days. So the probability of a collision is slightly higher in real life than the simple theory predicts."

Glad to know this. The informal birthday poll I took at the recent New York Libras meetup gathering was producing some rather difficult to explain results.

Messages In This Thread

• Non BG Related Probability Problem - for fun
  John McDonald -- Tuesday, 4 May 2010, at 5:47 p.m.
  • Non BG Related Probability Problem - for fun
    Frank Berger -- Tuesday, 4 May 2010, at 6:59 p.m.
  • Non BG Related Probability Problem - for fun
    Nack Ballard -- Tuesday, 4 May 2010, at 8:49 p.m.
  • Non BG Related Probability Problem - for fun
    W Womack -- Tuesday, 4 May 2010, at 9:02 p.m.
  • Partial spoiler
    Timothy Chow -- Tuesday, 4 May 2010, at 9:05 p.m.
    • Partial spoiler
      W Womack -- Tuesday, 4 May 2010, at 9:55 p.m.
      • Partial spoiler
        Timothy Chow -- Tuesday, 4 May 2010, at 10:35 p.m.
        • Partial spoiler
          Bob Koca -- Tuesday, 4 May 2010, at 11:46 p.m.
  • Non BG Related Probability Problem - Answer
    John McDonald -- Wednesday, 5 May 2010, at 3:57 p.m.
    • Non BG Related Probability Problem - Answer
      Rich Munitz -- Wednesday, 5 May 2010, at 4:29 p.m.
      • Non BG Related Probability Problem - Answer
        Timothy Chow -- Wednesday, 5 May 2010, at 5:36 p.m.
        • Non BG Related Probability Problem - Answer
          Rich Munitz -- Wednesday, 5 May 2010, at 6:40 p.m.
        • Non BG Related Probability Problem - Answer
          W Womack -- Wednesday, 5 May 2010, at 7:26 p.m.