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Weird. The article is invoking Benford's Law without identifying it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benford%27s_law http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benford%27s_law
by jimfl 17y ago
Weird. The article is invoking Benford's Law without identifying it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benford%27s_law http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benford%27s_law
Here's an article that concludes that the election results do not run afoul of Benford's Law:
http://www.jgc.org/blog/2009/06/benfords-law-and-iranian-election.html http://www.jgc.org/blog/2009/06/benfords-law-and-iranian-ele...
- jimfl 17y agoAnd an even more in-depth analysis [PDF]: http://arxiv.org/pdf/0906.2789 http://arxiv.org/pdf/0906.2789
- itistoday 17y agoWould anyone be so kind as to translate that into plain English?
- jules 17y agoThe article is about the last digits of the numbers. Benfords law is about the first digits.