R: Birthday Problem
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An interesting and classic probability question is the birthday problem.Want to share your content on R-bloggers? click here if you have a blog, or here if you don't.
The birthday problem asks how many individuals are required to be in one location so there is a probability of 50% that at least two individuals in the group have the same birthday.
To solve:
If there are just 23 people in one location there is a 50.7% probability there will be at least one pair with the same birthday.
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