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This analysis doesn't make sense to me. China and other countries have had periods of double digit new cases reported. Even if that data is fake, you can't use
by sigmar 5y ago
This analysis doesn't make sense to me. China and other countries have had periods of double digit new cases reported. Even if that data is fake, you can't use Benford's law on numbers that small (it has to be numbers that span magnitudes... clearly states so in the wiki article he links). Also, cumulative stats aren't "naturally occurring random numbers."
- LorenPechtel 5y agoIn a country that hasn't done very much about the virus the cumulative stats will be distributed well enough. Note how all of the countries in the lower right part of the graph are the ones that managed to control it and thus pretty much freeze the cumulative number.