What are the chances? Clear vision in the fog of probabilities.
featuring Dr. Michael Starbird

On August 27th, Dr. Starbird lead the first meeting of the semester with a discussion about randomness, chance, and probability. We learned that seemingly miraculous coincidences and paradoxes can actually be explained with clear logic and basic statistics.

Printable version of the flyer

Handouts from Dr. Starbird's talk (ODT files):
Random dots in a box
200 coin flips
A son born on a Tuesday

Videos from the talk:
Video link, part one.
Video link, part two.

Here are some pictures from the talk. Right click and select 'view image' to see it larger.