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Benfords Law -- from Wolfram MathWorld

blueadept rated 24 months ago
From the page: "A phenomenological law also called the first digit law, first digit phenomenon, or leading digit phenomenon. Benford's law states that in listings, tables of statistics, etc., the digit 1 tends to occur with probability 30%, much greater than the expected 11.1%"

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ArtScience rated 6 weeks ago
From the page: Benford's law states that in listings, tables of statistics, etc., the digit 1 tends to occur with probability 30%, much greater than the expected 11.1% (i.e., one digit out of 9).
Solthyn rated 2 months ago
Very interesting in how it can be applied to fraud cases.
Divadrummer rated 10 months ago
One more thing to blame when I consistently roll critical failures.
SonOfDave rated 6 months ago
I don't quite understand this, but i will
moodyrocketsclub rated 11 months ago
A bit dense for the layman, but hell, if you happen to be a detective mathematician, this little baby could really add to your street cred.
Goodies rated 34 months ago
over my head!
Zefyr rated 36 months ago
Never worried about the occurance of the "1" digit?
Thanuir rated 13 months ago
The digit one really tends to come up a lot in different statistics. Here is an explanation for the phenomenon.
tink-14 rated 35 months ago
"1" really is number one.
blueadept rated 24 months ago
From the page: "A phenomenological law also called the first digit law, first digit phenomenon, or leading digit phenomenon. Benford's law states that in listings, tables of statistics, etc., the digit 1 tends to occur with probability 30%, much greater than the expected 11.1%"