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Direct linkRussell, Matthew – Teaching Statistics: An International Journal for Teachers, 2013
The unexpectedness of the birthday problem has long been used by teachers of statistics in discussing basic probability calculation. An activity is described that engages students in understanding probability and sampling using the popular Facebook social networking site. (Contains 2 figures and 1 table.)
Descriptors: Statistics, Probability, Computation, Social Networks
