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9 June 2011
- 02:2802:28, 9 June 2011 diff hist −5 m Chance News 74 →Overdiagnosed, overtreated: Improve English; redundant 'that'
8 June 2011
- 23:3723:37, 8 June 2011 diff hist +201 Chance News 74 →Overdiagnosed, overtreated
10 May 2011
- 17:5817:58, 10 May 2011 diff hist 0 m Chance News 73 →What's in a name?: sp
27 March 2011
- 20:3920:39, 27 March 2011 diff hist +1 m Chance News 72 →A nonsignificant result won't protect you in a court of law: Typo
23 February 2011
- 18:1218:12, 23 February 2011 diff hist −6 Chance News 71 →Bayesians and Bem's ESP paper: In SI units speed of light is defined not measured. Maybe need a better example?
12 December 2010
- 21:4321:43, 12 December 2010 diff hist +14 m Chance News 69 →Forsooths from the RRS News: More formatting errors
- 21:4121:41, 12 December 2010 diff hist −11 m Chance News 69 →Forsooths from the RRS News: Formatting error; spelling correction
12 May 2010
- 17:0417:04, 12 May 2010 diff hist +100 Talk:Chance News 63 →Re "Demystifying conditional probability": Agreed current
7 May 2010
- 22:5322:53, 7 May 2010 diff hist +616 Talk:Chance News 63 →Re "Demystifying conditional probability": Yes, but....
1 May 2010
- 21:2721:27, 1 May 2010 diff hist +419 Chance News 63 →Odds are, it's wrong: Proposed question for end of article
30 March 2010
- 17:1117:11, 30 March 2010 diff hist −23 m Chance News 62 →Media highlights: Fix line breaks & Spelling
20 January 2010
- 19:4419:44, 20 January 2010 diff hist −80 m Chance News 58 →Mammogram Math: The URL no longer points to the article, which I cannot find at the Courant website
18 December 2009
- 18:0518:05, 18 December 2009 diff hist +6 m Chance News 58 →Mammogram Math: sp, italicize cited reference
- 18:0318:03, 18 December 2009 diff hist +7 Chance News 58 →Mammogram Math: Don't mix Latin and English! Other minor fixes
17 December 2009
- 18:2818:28, 17 December 2009 diff hist +2 m Chance News 58 →Mammogram Math: sp
13 October 2009
- 23:0323:03, 13 October 2009 diff hist −71 Chance News 55 →Quotations: What is BVU? Also, the link doesn't work.
7 September 2009
- 19:5419:54, 7 September 2009 diff hist +2 m Chance News 54 →Keyne's Game for professional investmens: sp, punct
28 August 2009
- 16:3216:32, 28 August 2009 diff hist +4 m Chance News 50 →The Ted Talks: Sentence doesn't scan; spelling correction
13 August 2009
- 16:3316:33, 13 August 2009 diff hist +1 m Chance News 52 →The Flaw of Averages: Cap-->lc, missing comma
- 16:3316:33, 13 August 2009 diff hist +1 m Chance News 52 →The Flaw of Averages: Missing space
12 August 2009
- 22:1022:10, 12 August 2009 diff hist +1 m Chance News 52 →The Flaw of Averages: punctuation
- 16:2016:20, 12 August 2009 diff hist +40 m Chance News 52 →The Flaw of Averages: formatting
11 August 2009
- 17:5217:52, 11 August 2009 diff hist +2 m Chance News 52 →The Flaw of Averages: sp, punctuation
- 17:4617:46, 11 August 2009 diff hist +5 m Chance News 52 →The Flaw of Averages: sp, punctuation
9 August 2009
- 20:2520:25, 9 August 2009 diff hist +2 m Chance News 52 →The Flaw of Averages: sp
8 August 2009
- 21:0721:07, 8 August 2009 diff hist +2 m Chance News 52 →The Flaw of Averages: sp
5 August 2009
- 22:3622:36, 5 August 2009 diff hist 0 m Chance News 52 →The Flaw of Averages: #-->$
- 22:3622:36, 5 August 2009 diff hist −1 m Chance News 52 →The Flaw of Averages: sp
- 22:3422:34, 5 August 2009 diff hist +4 m Chance News 52 →The Flaw of Averages: Missing zeros
23 July 2009
- 23:0323:03, 23 July 2009 diff hist +3 m Chance News 52 →THE FLAW OF AVERAGES: Fix link, spelling
16 July 2009
- 22:5722:57, 16 July 2009 diff hist +27 m Chance News 52 →THE FLAW OF AVERAGES: formatting
- 22:5622:56, 16 July 2009 diff hist +2 m Chance News 52 →THE FLAW OF AVERAGES: punct, grammar
- 22:5522:55, 16 July 2009 diff hist −1 m Chance News 52 →THE FLAW OF AVERAGES: sp
8 July 2009
- 21:2421:24, 8 July 2009 diff hist −1 m Chance News 51 →30% chance for rain?: uniform sp, formatting
6 July 2009
- 23:4123:41, 6 July 2009 diff hist +172 User talk:BillJefferys More updates current
- 23:3723:37, 6 July 2009 diff hist +64 User talk:BillJefferys Update
- 17:3417:34, 6 July 2009 diff hist −1 m Chance News 51 →30% chance for rain?: spelling
1 July 2009
- 16:0916:09, 1 July 2009 diff hist −75 m Chance News 50 →More on Infuse and Kuklo II: The link doesn't work. Check it please (I can't find it
29 June 2009
- 17:2717:27, 29 June 2009 diff hist +64 m Chance News 50 →The Ted talks: Formating
- 17:1117:11, 29 June 2009 diff hist +1 m Chance News 50 →The Ted talks: Formatting, Spelling
15 June 2009
- 18:2218:22, 15 June 2009 diff hist 0 m Chance News 49 →=A New Math War?: Spelling corrections
23 November 2008
- 17:5517:55, 23 November 2008 diff hist +8 m Chance News 42 →We're Down $700 Billion. Let's Go Double or Nothing!: toxically not a word, aparently
- 17:5317:53, 23 November 2008 diff hist −4 m Chance News 42 →We're Down $700 Billion. Let's Go Double or Nothing!: Minor corrections
17 July 2008
- 20:0520:05, 17 July 2008 diff hist 0 m Chance News 38 →The Drunkard's Walk:How Randomness Rules Our Lives: It's Monte Carlo and Monty Hall
1 May 2008
- 20:1120:11, 1 May 2008 diff hist 0 m Chance News 36 →The Isle Royale predator prey study: spelling
- 20:1020:10, 1 May 2008 diff hist 0 m Chance News 36 →The Isle Royale preditor prey study: spelling
29 February 2008
- 18:4418:44, 29 February 2008 diff hist 0 m Chance News 34 →Its a staggaring bet: sp
18 February 2008
- 15:3815:38, 18 February 2008 diff hist −1 m Chance News 34 →Report Backing Clelmens Chooses Its Facts Carefully: sp
3 February 2008
- 20:2020:20, 3 February 2008 diff hist +2 m Chance News 33 →Cholesterol Significance: missing spaces current
23 January 2008
- 14:5514:55, 23 January 2008 diff hist +3 m Chance News 33 →Cholesterol Significance: sp
20 January 2008
- 20:2920:29, 20 January 2008 diff hist 0 m Chance News 21 →Probability theory is not all that useful: It's 'Monty Hall', not 'Monte Hall'
- 20:2620:26, 20 January 2008 diff hist −1 m Chance News 21 →A car talk puzzle revisited: sp
29 December 2007
- 22:5322:53, 29 December 2007 diff hist 0 m Chance News 31 →Discussion: Spelling
21 December 2007
- 21:1421:14, 21 December 2007 diff hist −1 m Chance News 32 →An almighty coincidence: formatting
18 December 2007
- 23:1923:19, 18 December 2007 diff hist +1 m Chance News 32 →Discussion: spelling
9 December 2007
- 23:1623:16, 9 December 2007 diff hist −1 m Chance News 32 →DISCUSSION: minor corrections
- 23:1523:15, 9 December 2007 diff hist −1 m Chance News 32 →The Numbers Guy: minor corrections
- 23:1423:14, 9 December 2007 diff hist −1 Chance News 32 →The Numbers Guy: spelling corrections
- 23:1323:13, 9 December 2007 diff hist −1 m Chance News 32 →The Numbers Guy: spelling corrections
6 December 2007
- 22:2722:27, 6 December 2007 diff hist +8 Chance News 32 →David Kendall 1918-2007: The Independent's obituary comes up with a broken link
18 August 2007
- 02:4502:45, 18 August 2007 diff hist +1 m Chance News 29 →The understanding and misunderstanding of Bayesian statistics: sp
- 02:3002:30, 18 August 2007 diff hist +1 m Chance News 29 →Is Poker predominantly skill or luck?: 'tis' isn't the right word
26 June 2007
- 18:1418:14, 26 June 2007 diff hist −1 m Chance News 26 →Forsooth: Remove extraneous character
12 April 2007
- 12:4212:42, 12 April 2007 diff hist +141 Chance News 25 →Extraordinary Knowing: In any experiment in which the results are due to chance, the probability that the result is due to chance is 1!!!
- 12:3912:39, 12 April 2007 diff hist −1 m Chance News 25 →Mixing a night out with probability & making a fortune: Correct spelling of Kari Lock's name at end
11 February 2007
- 20:1620:16, 11 February 2007 diff hist −2 m Chance News 23 →Momentous modelling: Stanford University, not Standford University
24 September 2006
- 02:1502:15, 24 September 2006 diff hist −1 m Chance News 20 →Exit poll inventor dies aged 71: sp
2 August 2006
- 17:5617:56, 2 August 2006 diff hist −1 m Chance News 19 →Frederick Mosteller, 1916-2006: sp
8 June 2006
- 19:0419:04, 8 June 2006 diff hist +14 m Chance News 17 Better URL points directly to article and also to comments
13 April 2006
- 21:4221:42, 13 April 2006 diff hist +1 m Chance News 16 →Does a glass of wine a day keep the doctor away?: typo
1 March 2006
- 17:5717:57, 1 March 2006 diff hist 0 m Chance News 14 →Further reading: Typo
27 February 2006
- 22:2022:20, 27 February 2006 diff hist +350 Chance News 14 →Further reading: Add URL to Andrew Gelman's blog
9 January 2006
- 18:0518:05, 9 January 2006 diff hist +101 Chance News 12 →Screening
23 December 2005
- 14:5114:51, 23 December 2005 diff hist −1 How to submit a new article or edit an existing article Unrevert. My error
- 14:4714:47, 23 December 2005 diff hist +1 How to submit a new article or edit an existing article rv vandalism
14 December 2005
- 16:2716:27, 14 December 2005 diff hist 0 m How to submit a new article or edit an existing article 'prowsers' --> 'browsers'
- 12:3312:33, 14 December 2005 diff hist −922 Talk:Chance News 8 rv vandalism current
- 12:3312:33, 14 December 2005 diff hist −922 Help talk:Contents rv vandalism current
- 12:3212:32, 14 December 2005 diff hist −922 Talk:Previous Chance News rv vandalism current
13 December 2005
- 13:0813:08, 13 December 2005 diff hist −1,495 Help talk:Contents rv vandalism
- 13:0713:07, 13 December 2005 diff hist −25,631 Main Page rv vandalism
- 13:0613:06, 13 December 2005 diff hist −2,601 Talk:How to submit a new article or edit an existing article rv vandalism current
- 13:0513:05, 13 December 2005 diff hist −2,601 ChanceWiki talk:General disclaimer rv vandalism current
- 13:0513:05, 13 December 2005 diff hist −2,601 Talk:Previous Chance News No edit summary
- 13:0413:04, 13 December 2005 diff hist −1,096 Talk:Chance News 8 No edit summary
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12 December 2005
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11 December 2005
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30 November 2005
- 13:2613:26, 30 November 2005 diff hist +28 m Chance News 10 Correct formatting (missing </blockquote>'s in two places)
14 November 2005
- 03:1103:11, 14 November 2005 diff hist +1 m Chance News 9 →Who wants Airbags: minor edits
7 November 2005
- 01:4901:49, 7 November 2005 diff hist 0 m Chance News 9 →Supreme Court Nominee Alito: Statistics Misleading?: Plaintiff vs Defendant
- 01:4801:48, 7 November 2005 diff hist +134 Chance News 9 →Supreme Court Nominee Alito: Statistics Misleading?: Improve language, add references
- 01:2501:25, 7 November 2005 diff hist +92 m Chance News 9 →Supreme Court Nominee Alito: Statistics Misleading?: Add URL to court decision
6 November 2005
- 02:2802:28, 6 November 2005 diff hist −317 Chance News 6 Eliminate vandalism by Tatu94
- 02:2002:20, 6 November 2005 diff hist −376 File:News.gif rv vandalism to last version by Laurie Snell current
5 November 2005
- 21:5421:54, 5 November 2005 diff hist −370 ChanceWiki:General disclaimer Rv Vandalism to last version by JLS current
- 21:5321:53, 5 November 2005 diff hist −376 ChanceWiki:About Rv Vandalism to last version by Laurie Snell
- 21:5021:50, 5 November 2005 diff hist −376 Help:Contents Rv vandalism to last version by Admin
- 21:4721:47, 5 November 2005 diff hist −305 How to submit a new article or edit an existing article Rv Vandalism to last version by JLS
- 21:4421:44, 5 November 2005 diff hist −376 ChanceWiki:Community Portal Rv Vandalism to last version by Sarunas current
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- 21:4121:41, 5 November 2005 diff hist −71 How to submit a new article or edit an existing article Revert Vandalism to last version by Tatu
- 21:3821:38, 5 November 2005 diff hist −370 Previous Chance News Revert Vandalism to last version by JLS
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4 November 2005
- 21:4821:48, 4 November 2005 diff hist −4 m Chance News 9 →Supreme Court Nominee Alito: Statistics Misleading?: Wording
- 21:3221:32, 4 November 2005 diff hist +4 m Chance News 9 →Supreme Court Nominee Alito: Statistics Misleading?: Missing word
- 21:2921:29, 4 November 2005 diff hist 0 m Chance News 9 →Supreme Court Nominee Alito: Statistics Misleading?: Grammar
- 21:2821:28, 4 November 2005 diff hist −1 m Chance News 9 →Supreme Court Nominee Alilto: Statistics Misleading?: Spelling
- 20:1220:12, 4 November 2005 diff hist +120 Chance News 9 →Questions: URL to Ronald Reagan's handedness
- 19:4419:44, 4 November 2005 diff hist +68 m Chance News 9 →Questions
- 19:2419:24, 4 November 2005 diff hist +164 Chance News 9 →Supreme Court Nominee Alilto: Statistics Misleading?
- 19:1819:18, 4 November 2005 diff hist +804 Chance News 9 →Questions
- 17:5517:55, 4 November 2005 diff hist +2,504 Chance News 9 →Supreme Court Nominee Alilto: Statistics Misleading?
30 October 2005
- 22:5322:53, 30 October 2005 diff hist +15 m Chance News 8 End block quote in previous article
28 October 2005
- 13:5213:52, 28 October 2005 diff hist +1 m Chance News 8 →Mammograms Validated as Key in Cancer Fight: English
- 13:5013:50, 28 October 2005 diff hist −6 m Chance News 8 →Mammograms Validated as Key in Cancer Fight: Fix English
- 13:4513:45, 28 October 2005 diff hist +1,632 Chance News 8 New study validates mammography as effective in the fight against cancer
26 October 2005
- 21:0421:04, 26 October 2005 diff hist 0 m Chance News 8 →A record powerball lottery jackpot: Fix decimal number
19 October 2005
- 21:4421:44, 19 October 2005 diff hist −13 m Chance News 7 →Fortune's Formula: Correct spelling or Edward Thorp's name
17 October 2005
- 19:2119:21, 17 October 2005 diff hist −1 m Chance News 7 →Discussion: Correct spelling of proper name
- 19:2019:20, 17 October 2005 diff hist 0 m Chance News 7 →Understanding probability: Correct spelling of proper name
11 October 2005
- 02:2002:20, 11 October 2005 diff hist −1 m Chance News 7 →Fortune's Formula: Extraneous quotation mark
- 02:1802:18, 11 October 2005 diff hist +1 m Chance News 7 →Fortune's Formula: Missing comma
- 02:0102:01, 11 October 2005 diff hist +74 m Chance News 7 →Fortune's Formula: Add link to WikiPedia
- 00:0200:02, 11 October 2005 diff hist +65 Chance News 7 →Fortune's Formula: Minor typos; Specify strong law of large numbers
10 October 2005
- 23:3123:31, 10 October 2005 diff hist +1 m Chance News 7 →Fortune's Formula: 0.xxx better than .xxx
- 23:2723:27, 10 October 2005 diff hist +1 m Chance News 7 →Fortune's Formula: Missing / in end blockquote
- 23:2523:25, 10 October 2005 diff hist +1 m Chance News 7 →Fortune's Formula: Insert comma
- 22:5222:52, 10 October 2005 diff hist +13 m Chance News 7 →Fortune's Formula: Correct Thorpe's name
- 22:2822:28, 10 October 2005 diff hist +16 Chance News 7 →Fortune's Formula: Misplaced parentheses and logs
27 September 2005
- 21:4921:49, 27 September 2005 diff hist −1 m Chance News 7 →Fortune's Formula: Typo
22 September 2005
- 23:0523:05, 22 September 2005 diff hist +16 Chance News (September-October 2005) →Discussion: Improve wording
- 22:2522:25, 22 September 2005 diff hist +29 Chance News (September-October 2005) No edit summary
- 01:5401:54, 22 September 2005 diff hist 0 m Chance News (September-October 2005) →Warned, but Worse Off: Correct typo
21 September 2005
- 13:0913:09, 21 September 2005 diff hist +2,664 Chance News (September-October 2005) No edit summary
- 12:2312:23, 21 September 2005 diff hist +195 Talk:Chance News (September-October 2005) →A remarkable story about the German Lotto current
- 12:2112:21, 21 September 2005 diff hist +155 Chance News (September-October 2005) →A remarkable story about the German Lotto
17 September 2005
- 23:2723:27, 17 September 2005 diff hist +193 Chance News (September-October 2005) →A remarkable story about the German Lotto: Cautions
- 23:2523:25, 17 September 2005 diff hist +1,489 N Talk:Chance News (September-October 2005) No edit summary
- 23:0723:07, 17 September 2005 diff hist +1 Chance News (September-October 2005) Add URL for cited article
- 22:5722:57, 17 September 2005 diff hist +95 Chance News (September-October 2005) No edit summary
11 September 2005
- 00:0600:06, 11 September 2005 diff hist −12 Chance News (September-October 2005) →Is there a housing bubble?: fix various typos and tighten prose
10 September 2005
- 23:3723:37, 10 September 2005 diff hist +25 m Chance News (September-October 2005) →Just how reliable are scenitific papers?: Fix various typos
9 September 2005
- 23:4623:46, 9 September 2005 diff hist +44 Chance News (September-October 2005) →Is there a housing bubble?: fix more typos and tighten prose
- 23:1623:16, 9 September 2005 diff hist −1 m Chance News (September-October 2005) →Is there a housing bubble?: fix typo
31 July 2005
- 21:2621:26, 31 July 2005 diff hist −1 m Mix math and medicine and create confusion Correct typo current
30 July 2005
- 03:0803:08, 30 July 2005 diff hist +163 I was quoting the statistics, I wasn't pretending to be a statisitcian No edit summary current
29 July 2005
- 19:1519:15, 29 July 2005 diff hist +2 m I was quoting the statistics, I wasn't pretending to be a statisitcian Phillip Dawid is the only professor at UCL with this surname
30 May 2005
- 17:0317:03, 30 May 2005 diff hist +2,497 N Talk:Mix math and medicine and create confusion No edit summary current
27 May 2005
- 20:3220:32, 27 May 2005 diff hist +60 m Talk:Numbed by the numbers, when they just don't add up →Grand Canyon Full of Ice Cream
- 18:2418:24, 27 May 2005 diff hist +491 Talk:Numbed by the numbers, when they just don't add up No edit summary
25 May 2005
- 21:0721:07, 25 May 2005 diff hist +6 m The powerball lottery suspects fraud, but its the Fortune Cookies No edit summary
- 21:0021:00, 25 May 2005 diff hist −1 m The powerball lottery suspects fraud, but its the Fortune Cookies No edit summary
- 16:5816:58, 25 May 2005 diff hist −1 m The powerball lottery suspects fraud, but its the Fortune Cookies No edit summary
24 May 2005
- 22:1922:19, 24 May 2005 diff hist +1 m User:BillJefferys No edit summary current
18 May 2005
- 21:1221:12, 18 May 2005 diff hist +629 N Talk:Main Page No edit summary current
- 20:5420:54, 18 May 2005 diff hist −3,119 ChanceWiki:About Remove vandalism
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17 May 2005
- 22:1922:19, 17 May 2005 diff hist +400 N User:BillJefferys No edit summary
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- 21:3721:37, 17 May 2005 diff hist −5,582 ChanceWiki:Community Portal revert vandalism
13 May 2005
- 20:3020:30, 13 May 2005 diff hist +1 m Vermont pays heavy war burden No edit summary