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Chance News is a newsletter that deals with current issues in the news that use probability or statistical concepts.  From September 1992 to January 2005 this newsletter was carried out in the traditional form of having an editor and a small number of  writers.  As of Åpril 2005 we are going to continue Chance News in the format of a Wikimedia project.  This means that it will be a collaborative effort of  its readers.  The  Wikimedia software makes it easy for anyone to contribute a item direction to Chance News.  It also them to make changes to existing chance news items (hopefully improvements).  The Wikmedia Foundation has used this to develop a number of projects including a free Encyclopidia, newsaper, and a series of books.  All these are made available under the GNU free public license/
Chance News is a newsletter that deals with current issues in the news that use probability or statistical concepts.  From September 1992 to January 2005 this newsletter was carried out in the traditional form of having an editor and a small number of  writers.  As of Åpril 2005 we are going to continue Chance News in the format of a Wikimedia project.  This means that it will be a collaborative effort of  its readers.  The  Wikimedia software makes it easy for anyone to contribute a item direction to Chance News.  It also them to make changes to existing chance news items (hopefully improvements).  The Wikmedia Foundation has used this to develop a number of projects including a free Encyclopidia, newsaper, and a series of books.  All these are made available under the [http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html GNU Free Documentation License].


We invite readers, who find an interesting chance news article, to add this article to this book.  Readers can also comment on and improve articles provided by other readers. This will be a continuation of  the previous Chance News on the [http://www.dartmouth.edu/~chance  Chance  website].


It is hoped that Chance News will continue to thrive in this atmosphere and provide a valuable resource for the general public and teachers of probability and statistics courses who want to liven up their courses with current  
It is hoped that Chance News will continue to thrive in this atmosphere and provide a valuable resource for the general public and teachers of probability and statistics courses who want to liven up their courses with current  

Revision as of 15:26, 9 April 2005

Chance News is a newsletter that deals with current issues in the news that use probability or statistical concepts. From September 1992 to January 2005 this newsletter was carried out in the traditional form of having an editor and a small number of writers. As of Åpril 2005 we are going to continue Chance News in the format of a Wikimedia project. This means that it will be a collaborative effort of its readers. The Wikimedia software makes it easy for anyone to contribute a item direction to Chance News. It also them to make changes to existing chance news items (hopefully improvements). The Wikmedia Foundation has used this to develop a number of projects including a free Encyclopidia, newsaper, and a series of books. All these are made available under the GNU Free Documentation License.


It is hoped that Chance News will continue to thrive in this atmosphere and provide a valuable resource for the general public and teachers of probability and statistics courses who want to liven up their courses with current


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