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We are having trouble with the current Chance News 33
*[[Chance News 110]]: 11/1/16 to ??? &nbsp; ''under construction''
Hopefully this will be fixed tomorrow and then
*[[Chance News 109]]: 7/1/16 to 10/31/2016 &nbsp; ''still under construction''
we can start Chance News 34. Laurie Snell
*[[Chance News 108]]: 1/1/16 to 6/30/16
*[[Chance News 107]]: 9/13/15 to 12/31/15


*[[Chance News 33]: 1/4/07 to 2/4/08 --New
*[[Oscar winners do not live longer]]
*[[Oscar winners do not live longer]]
*[[Previous Chance News]]
*[[Previous Chance News]]
*[[Collected Forsooths]], 2005-2016


*To obtain an account allowing you to login, email jlsnell@dartmouth.edu with subject "chance wiki account".This will allow you to edit existing items and add new items.
*To be notified when a new chance news is posted register  [http://listserv.dartmouth.edu/Archives/chance.html here].


Chance News reviews current issues in the news that use probability or statistical concepts. Its aim is to give the general public a better understanding of chance news as reported by the media and to allow teachers of probability and statistics courses to liven up their courses with current news. Issues from 1992 to 2004,are archived on the [http://www.dartmouth.edu/~chance Chance Website] where you will also find other resources for teaching a probability or statistic course.  
Chance News reviews current stories in the news that involve probability or statistical concepts. It is freely available under the [http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html GNU Free Documentation License]. The latest version is always under construction, with the results consolidated into (approximately) monthly issues. 


Chance News will continue to be freely available under the [http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html GNU Free Documentation License]
'''E-mail notification'''. To be notified when a new issue is posted, click  [https://web.middlebury.edu/database/banner/blm/subscriptions/FindMember.aspx here]. The List Manager will prompt you
for your e-mail address.  The first time you do this, you will be told that your address is not recognized---Click "Use this address anyway" to register.  On subsequent visits, the List Manager will generate a message with instructions for updating your notification address or unsubscribing.
 
'''Contributing stories'''. Chance News uses Wikimedia software to allow readers to add articles or change existing articles using the edit option.
This requires an account and login. To obtain an editing account, send an email message to [mailto:wpeterso@middlebury.edu wpeterso@middlebury.edu] with subject "chance wiki account."  You will receive an account confirmation in a few days from CAUSEweb.  Instructions for changing your password are given below.
 
How to change your password:  When already logged in with username and password
 
#Go to Special Pages (from left column, under toolbox heading).<br>
#Select Preferences.<br>
#Your User data window should show up. <br>
#Your real name, email and password can be changed<br>
 
Don't forget to click Save preferences at the bottom
left, when done.

Revision as of 01:23, 14 November 2016

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Chance News reviews current stories in the news that involve probability or statistical concepts. It is freely available under the GNU Free Documentation License. The latest version is always under construction, with the results consolidated into (approximately) monthly issues.

E-mail notification. To be notified when a new issue is posted, click here. The List Manager will prompt you for your e-mail address. The first time you do this, you will be told that your address is not recognized---Click "Use this address anyway" to register. On subsequent visits, the List Manager will generate a message with instructions for updating your notification address or unsubscribing.

Contributing stories. Chance News uses Wikimedia software to allow readers to add articles or change existing articles using the edit option. This requires an account and login. To obtain an editing account, send an email message to wpeterso@middlebury.edu with subject "chance wiki account." You will receive an account confirmation in a few days from CAUSEweb. Instructions for changing your password are given below.

How to change your password: When already logged in with username and password

  1. Go to Special Pages (from left column, under toolbox heading).
  2. Select Preferences.
  3. Your User data window should show up.
  4. Your real name, email and password can be changed

Don't forget to click Save preferences at the bottom left, when done.