Author: Kai Lübke
Date: 04:07:30 02/19/99
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On February 18, 1999 at 07:55:56, Rémi Coulom wrote: >Your formula is wrong. It would give a probability of 18200% for 364 persons! >The exact formula is 1 - q!/((q-p)!*q^p) for p choices among q values, p < q. Argh! Yes, of course you're right. I feel really stupid now, especially since I (no joke!) actually have a degree in Mathematics... ;-((( But I never had any probability theory course, and you can now understand why I always hated this subject. :) Next time, I'll just keep my mouth shut. ;-))))) --- Shep
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