Comments on: TV detectives stumble over odds of matching birthdays http://www.statsmadeeasy.net/2009/04/tv-detectives-stumble-over-odds-of-matching-birthdays/ A wry look at all things statistical and/or scientific with an engineering perspective. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:58:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Anonymous http://www.statsmadeeasy.net/2009/04/tv-detectives-stumble-over-odds-of-matching-birthdays/comment-page-1/#comment-56 Anonymous Wed, 15 Apr 2009 15:59:00 +0000 http://www.statsmadeeasy.net/2009/04/tv-detectives-stumble-over-odds-of-matching-birthdays/#comment-56 Here's the advanced birthday problem. <br /><br />What is the expected number of people needed to cover all 366 possible birthdays?<br /><br />If you can assume a uniform distribution of birthdays the problem isn't too bad. But is uniform assumption valid? <br /><br /><a>Birthday's not uniform </a> Here’s the advanced birthday problem.

What is the expected number of people needed to cover all 366 possible birthdays?

If you can assume a uniform distribution of birthdays the problem isn’t too bad. But is uniform assumption valid?

Birthday’s not uniform

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