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Woot! New Q! #2537

Dec 3 2018 12:42:42 (EST)
Odds of a State Funeral on D5?
How many coincidences before mathematically impossible?
68–95–99.7 rule
Q

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I hope you placed your bet, because here it is!

:-)

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For those who aren’t aware, 68-95-99.7 refers to standard deviations in a normal distribution (Bell Curve).

68% of things are in the 1st standard deviation, 95% within the second, and 99.7% within the third.

It’s not clear to me how this directly relates to the odds of a state funeral on D5, other than both are dealing with probability. I’m not sure how I’d connect a distribution of funeral dates or to a normal distribution. I’d kind of expect funeral dates to be distributed approximately on uniform distribution (but with some gaps for dates like Christmas when almost no one would schedule a funeral).

[grey_whiskers]

68-95-99.7 rule

I see Q knows standard deviations.