Stats
An entry in Chance News (January 5, 2006). Category:
Wiki pages
For time to time, I have contributed small items to a web publication called Chance News.
Chance News reviews current issues in the news that use probability or statistical
concepts. Its aim is to give the general public a better understanding of chance news as
reported by the media and to allow teachers of probability and statistics courses to
liven up their courses with current news. From 1992 to 2004, Chance News was written by
a small number of regular contributors. These are archived on the
Chance Website where you will also find
other resources for teaching a probability or statistic course.
Chance News is now a "Wiki". A Wiki is a web site designed to allow readers to
easily add contributions or edit existing contributions. This makes it collaborative
effort of its readers in the spirit of the very successful free encyclopedia
Wikipedia. (The word wiki is from
the Hawaiian word wiki-wiki meaning quick).
chance.dartmouth.edu/chancewiki/index.php/Main_Page
Today, I submitted an article,
Laughter in the Supreme Court, which is the ninth item in
Issue 11.
Because this is a Wiki, other people can edit and add to my entry (though in practice, this
is usually limited to minor editorial improvements).
My previous entries on Chance News are:
07/08/2008.
