Benford's law
nameEtymology
Named after physicist Frank Benford, who stated it in 1938.
Definitions
A law concerning the frequency distribution of digits in much real-world data, where the…
A law concerning the frequency distribution of digits in much real-world data, where the number 1 occurs as the leading digit about 30% of the time, and the expected distribution for digits beyond the first approaches a uniform distribution.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for Benford's law. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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