The Birthday Problem

This lesson is based on Lawrence Lesser's article that describes the set-up of the spreadsheet simulation and Cindia Stewart's lesson that seeks to answer the Birthday Problem using three different methods. Probability topics include: Sample Size, Law of Large Numbers, Complementary Probabilities, Independence of Events
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R.Annis, M.Blundin, E.Greiling, G.Layman, A.Roussy, S.Shirack, S.Harper, M.Timmerman
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Learner, Teacher
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Simulation
Statistical Topic: 
Statistical Inference & Techniques
Probability
Simulation
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College --Undergrad Lower Division
High School
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Math Level: 
Non-symbolic math
Algebra level symbolic math

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