Same Birthday Probability Task

About the Same Birthday Probability Task
Example: Probability of Two or More People Sharing a Birthday in a Room of 145 People
Setting Options

About the Same Birthday Probability Task

The Same Birthday Probability task computes the probability that two or more people in a room have the same birthday.

Example: Probability of Two or More People Sharing a Birthday in a Room of 145 People

To create this example:
  1. In the Tasks section, expand the Combinatorics and Probability folder and double-click Same Birthday Probability. The user interface for the Same Birthday Probability task opens.
  2. On the Options tab, specify these options.
    Option Name
    Value to Specify
    Number in a room
    145
    Data set name
    Birthdays
  3. To run the task, click Submit SAS Code.
Here is a subset of the results:
Same Birthday Probabilities

Setting Options

All of these options are required to run the Same Birthday Probability task.
Option Name
Description
Observations
Number in a room
specifies the number of people in the room.
Output Data Set
Data set name
specifies the name of the output data set.
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