Comments on: The Birthday Problem http://www.lonegunman.co.uk/2009/03/20/the-birthday-problem/ Mon, 19 Dec 2011 14:29:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Lloyd Morgan http://www.lonegunman.co.uk/2009/03/20/the-birthday-problem/comment-page-1/#comment-1353 Lloyd Morgan Thu, 26 Mar 2009 12:10:33 +0000 http://www.lonegunman.co.uk/?p=2394#comment-1353 Thanks for the comment and the interesting anecdote, Libby. Here are some further probabilities in this context: 30 people in a class: 70.6% 35 people in a class: 81.4% Thanks for the comment and the interesting anecdote, Libby. Here are some further probabilities in this context:

30 people in a class: 70.6%
35 people in a class: 81.4%

]]> By: Libby http://www.lonegunman.co.uk/2009/03/20/the-birthday-problem/comment-page-1/#comment-1337 Libby Mon, 23 Mar 2009 04:07:41 +0000 http://www.lonegunman.co.uk/?p=2394#comment-1337 I had a psychology prof, who, in 20 years of teaching classes of 30-35 people never had a class without 2 students with the same birthday. Go figure. I had a psychology prof, who, in 20 years of teaching classes of 30–35 people never had a class without 2 students with the same birthday. Go figure.

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