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Direct linkRatliff, Michael I.; Mc Shane, Janet M. – Teaching Statistics: An International Journal for Teachers, 2008
This article studies various holiday distributions, the most interesting one being Easter. Gauss' Easter algorithm and Microsoft Excel are used to determine that the Easter distribution can be closely approximated by the convolution of two well-known uniform distributions. (Contains 8 figures.)
Descriptors: Holidays, Computer Software, Spreadsheets, Statistics
