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Chance News reviews  current issues in the news that use probability or statistical concepts. Its aim is to provide the public a better understand of chance news news reported by the media and to allow teachers of probability and statistics courses to liven their courses with current news.
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From September 1992 to January 2005, an editor and a small number of regular contributors prepared Chance News.  As of April 2005 Chance News will be a collaborative effort of its readers in the spirit of the very successful Wikimedia projects. These include a free Encyclopedia, a newspaper, and a series of books .  We will use the Wikimedia software that makes it easy for a reader to add a new chance item,  or to modify an existing chance news items (hopefully improving it). As are the Wikmedia projects, Chance News will be freely available under  the [http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html GNU Free Documentation License]  


To add a new item, click on "Current Chance News".  Choose "edit" from the top of the page and replace the first available "item" in the table of contents by the title of your contribution.  Then check this by choosing "Show preview" from the bottom of the page.  If it is o.k. choose "save" from the bottom  of the page. Then click on your title and a new page will appear.  Choose "edit" from the top of the page and type in our contribution.  Then again preview it and  if it is o.k. save it  and we will have a new item in the current chance news.  Use edit, preview and save in the same way to make changes in an existing Chance News item.  Please give a brief description of change you made in the summary statement at the bottom of the page.
<!-- *[[Chance News 117]]: ??? to ??? &nbsp; ''under construction'' -->
*[[Chance News 116]]: January 1, 2019 to ??? &nbsp; ''under construction''
*[[Chance News 115]]: 9/1/18 to 12/31/2018&nbsp; ''still under construction''
*[[Chance News 114]]: 7/1/18 to 8/31/18


If you wish to discuss one of  the articles or any aspect of the chancewiki leave your comments in the "discussion"  page at the top of your current page.
*[[Previous Chance News]]
*[[Collected Forsooths]], 2005-2016


For further information about how to add a page choose "help" from the side bar.
Chance News reviews current stories in the news that involve probability or statistical concepts. It is freely available under the [http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html GNU Free Documentation License]. The latest version is always under construction, with the results consolidated into (approximately) monthly issues.


'''E-mail notification'''. To be notified when a new issue is posted, click  [https://web.middlebury.edu/database/banner/blm/subscriptions/FindMember.aspx here]. The List Manager will prompt you
for your e-mail address.  The first time you do this, you will be told that your address is not recognized---Click "Use this address anyway" to register.  On subsequent visits, the List Manager will generate a message with instructions for updating your notification address or unsubscribing.


[[Current Chance News]]
'''Contributing stories'''. Chance News uses Wikimedia software to allow readers to add articles or change existing articles using the edit option.
This requires an account and login. To obtain an editing account, send an email message to [mailto:wpeterso@middlebury.edu wpeterso@middlebury.edu] with subject "chance wiki account."  You will receive an account confirmation in a few days from CAUSEweb.  Instructions for changing your password are given below.


[[Previous Chance News]]
How to change your password:  When already logged in with username and password


[[Best of  Chance News]]
#Go to Special Pages (from left column, under toolbox heading).<br>
#Select Preferences.<br>
#Your User data window should show up. <br>
#Your real name, email and password can be changed<br>
 
Don't forget to click Save preferences at the bottom
left, when done.

Latest revision as of 18:47, 5 May 2019

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Chance News reviews current stories in the news that involve probability or statistical concepts. It is freely available under the GNU Free Documentation License. The latest version is always under construction, with the results consolidated into (approximately) monthly issues.

E-mail notification. To be notified when a new issue is posted, click here. The List Manager will prompt you for your e-mail address. The first time you do this, you will be told that your address is not recognized---Click "Use this address anyway" to register. On subsequent visits, the List Manager will generate a message with instructions for updating your notification address or unsubscribing.

Contributing stories. Chance News uses Wikimedia software to allow readers to add articles or change existing articles using the edit option. This requires an account and login. To obtain an editing account, send an email message to wpeterso@middlebury.edu with subject "chance wiki account." You will receive an account confirmation in a few days from CAUSEweb. Instructions for changing your password are given below.

How to change your password: When already logged in with username and password

  1. Go to Special Pages (from left column, under toolbox heading).
  2. Select Preferences.
  3. Your User data window should show up.
  4. Your real name, email and password can be changed

Don't forget to click Save preferences at the bottom left, when done.

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