Tuesday 26 October 2010

Use Benford's Law to Catch (or Pull Off) Fake Numbers [Numbers]

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How can accountants, election inspectors, and academic reviewers know at a glance that your numbers are bunk? They use Benford's Law, which suggests number distribution is less random than expected. Roughly 30 percent of numbers, for example, should start with 1.More »



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