Benford's law

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gptkbp:instanceOf mathematical law
gptkbp:appliesTo many real-life sources of data
gptkbp:basedOn logarithmic distribution
gptkbp:description the frequency distribution of leading digits
gptkbp:first_held 1881
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Benford's law
gptkbp:is_a_subject_of data analytics
statistical analysis
numerical analysis
theoretical mathematics
applied mathematics
gptkbp:is_a_tool_for compliance checks
data validation
quality control
risk assessment
data integrity checks
financial auditing
research validation
gptkbp:is_accessible_by certain datasets
gptkbp:is_popular_among histograms of leading digits
gptkbp:is_used_in economics
sociology
data analysis
machine learning
statistics
environmental studies
accounting
data mining
mathematics courses
academic literature
fraud detection
chi-squared tests
statistics courses
sports analytics
detect anomalies
data science courses
fraud examination courses
forensic_analysis
gptkbp:previousName gptkb:Frank_Benford
the first-digit law
gptkbp:related_to information theory
number theory
probability theory
chaos theory
scale invariance
self-similarity
gptkbp:state the leading digit is more likely to be small
gptkbp:suitableFor election data
financial data
scientific data
demographic data
population numbers
internet data