Benford's Law - Tested

Thu, Mar 30, 2023

Benford’s law, or the first-digit law, states that in many real-life numerical data sets, the frequency of the leading digit is inversely proportional to its face value. This means that, for instance, there are much more numbers starting with the digit 1 than with the digit 9. See how I validated this using texts from the NYT and TED here.

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