Benfords Law Calculator

Free Benfords Law Calculator - Shows you Benfords Law and evaluates a data set compared to Benfords Law
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benfords law: the principle that in any large, randomly produced set of natural numbers, such as tables of logarithms or corporate sales statistics
30.1% will begin with the digit 1
17.6% will begin with the digit 2
12.5% will begin with the digit 3
9.7% will begin with the digit 4
7.9% will begin with the digit 5
6.7% will begin with the digit 6
5.8% will begin with the digit 7
5.1% will begin with the digit 8
4.6% will begin with the digit 9
Log₁₀(1 + 1/d)
data: Characteristics or information, usually numerical, that are collected through observation.
digit: Any of the numbers (0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9) used to construct a number
distribution: value range for a variable
logarithm: the exponent or power to which a base must be raised to yield a given number
percent: a specified amount in or for every hundred. one part in every hundred.
n% = n/100
table: lists of numbers showing the results of a calculation with varying arguments