I did post the answer to this question this morning, but it is now missing! So here it is again – – Sarah Piazza answered the question correctly. Nick Giacobe did as well, but not before Sarah. I mention that, because it is an impressive question to answer:-)
The problem is actually a classic statistical calculation. ...
Yearly Archives: 2006Jen Barber sent in the correct answers literally seconds before Lisa Giacobe (whose husband, Nick, answered yesterday’s tough stat question correctly!). Congrats Jen! Here are the correct answers:1) While we celebrate Christmas on December 25th, it is well known that this is  Remember – – this is the last day to sign up for blog updates and be entered to win a $500 gift certificate to spend with me in 2007! Favorite Thing #10Target. Need I say more? Today’s favorite thing is a $15 gift card to the big bullseye store that everyone adores. Can anyone EVER get out of that store without spending at least $100?!?!?! It was great to see so many of you guessing this time! Some of you were WAAAAAAY off, but there were a surprising number of guesses within a couple of thousand. "A couple of thousand" – – like that is inconsequential! Judy Bagley and Jenn Sim were both the closest, but Judy has the edge... |
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