Since there are nine possible digits, you would expect that one-ninth (11.11%) of the numbers would have 1 in the leading digit position. However, this is not what you will find– about 30.1% of the numbers will start with 1. It gets even stranger from here.
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HEY, Tim was just discussing this the other night! haha.
Sweet Sassy Molassy he was!
Molly, you find the coolest shit.
One way of telling if a vote has been rigged (although maybe, by now, the vote-riggers have caught on to Benford’s law).
entire thing. i’m such a nerd
misleading. In actuality, 1/9...(ie, negative infinite to infinite) do
hey mr. sirois… do...like stats? should i take stats? i’m a great student, i understand.....
Why do I post this? Well, I love math. I love problems like this. After reading through
Sweet Sassy Molassy he was!
HEY, Tim was just discussing...other night! haha.
Idk I kinda always thought you’d find a number...other numbers. I didn’t know
yeah, I’m kind...a statistics nerd. got a problem with it? (really though,