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Tuesday, February 28, 2006
A Birthday Puzzle
On what day of the year do the most people celebrate their birthday?
This one would have the edge 3 years out of 4, all else being equal. And my guess is all else is equal enough to make it the winner. And I somehow suspect you didn't happen to make the post today just by coincidence...
This one would have the edge 3 years out of 4, all else being equal. And my guess is all else is equal enough to make it the winner. And I somehow suspect you didn't happen to make the post today just by coincidence...
ReplyDeleteUniform birthdays? Not so much.
ReplyDeleteAbout 3/4 of the Feb 29th b'days would have to celebrate today to overcome the bias toward August 15 present in that data.