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Benford's law does not apply to unary systems such as tally marks. Does that mean Benford doesn't work for counting things like votes or people? This site tes
by panarky 9y ago
Benford's law does not apply to unary systems such as tally marks.
Does that mean Benford doesn't work for counting things like votes or people?
This site tests Benford's Law on 30 different public datasets.
http://testingbenfordslaw.com/mexico-population-by-county http://testingbenfordslaw.com/mexico-population-by-county
Looks to me like Benford works just fine for tally-type data like votes and populations.
- corpMaverick 9y agoPer your example. The numbers fit the population by municipality. Probably because the counts span several orders of magnitude. Some have millions (e.g Delegaciones in Mexico city). Some have hundreds( e.g Oaxaca ) However voting places are roughly the same size.
- fenomas 9y ago> Benford's law does not apply to unary systems such as tally marks. > Does that mean Benford doesn't work for counting things like votes or people? Follow the links in the bit you quoted. It means numbers that are represented in a particular way, not those that represent the number of a particular thing.