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Too interesting to pass up: 1 29.12 % 2 20.60 % 3 13.99 % 4 12.54 % 5 5.74 % 6 4.78 % 7 4.84 % 8 4.93 % 9 3.47 %
by portman 17y ago
Too interesting to pass up:
1 29.12 %
2 20.60 %
3 13.99 %
4 12.54 %
5 5.74 %
6 4.78 %
7 4.84 %
8 4.93 %
9 3.47 %
- imurray 17y agoNice. The "law" got the rough shape of the distribution, but (unless you have a very small filesystem) these numbers are statistically significantly different. Your files must have been made up! ...or you have a nice demonstration of how people shouldn't do too careful calculations with Benford's law. "30.1%" — 3 significant figures, really?