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Statistics, Maths, Probability

How Popular is Your Birthday?

The Central Statistics Office online Data Visualisation Tool enables students to find out how many people they share their birthday with.

Maths teacher, James Carroll, created some lesson activities as follows to accompany the CSO’s Data Visualisation Tool;

  1. Find Out the Popularity of Your Birthday
  2. Calculate the Relative Frequency of Births by Month

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