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Benford's law

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Noun1.Benford's law - a law used by auditors to identify fictitious populations of numbers; applies to any population of numbers derived from other numbers; "Benford's law holds that 30% of the time the first non-zero digit of a derived number will be 1 and it will be 9 only 4.6% of the time"
law of nature, law - a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature; "the laws of thermodynamics"
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This paper shows how to use an intriguing mathematical phenomenon called Benford's Law to measure the quality of the data being used for bottom-up forecasting when large numbers of customer orders are expected.
Improving the quality of foreign military sales forecasting using ... by Tichenor, Charley; Davis, Bobby / DISAM Journal
Each lesson centers on a key mathematical concept or application, with subjects including algebraic expressions and sequences, codes based on a simple fold, Benford's law, roots for divisibility tests and properties of numbers, the Farey sequences of order for fractions, interpretation of graphs, possibility tests and factors, estimation scales and units, symmetry, coordinates, averages and range, constructions, measurements, proofs, transformations, and sophisticated geometric forms.
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The main finding of Benford's Law is a somewhat counter-intuitive one.
Introducing digit analysis with an interactive class exercise by Linville, Mark / Academy of Educational Leadership Journal
 
 
 
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