Benford’s Law is the statistical law capable of identifying the hidden anomalies of large datasets. The purpose of this article is to summarize how this logarithmic law was discovered, to summarize the related literature and to describe its empirical applications.

Benford’s Law: genesi, letteratura e applicazioni empiriche

Yannick Tazzari;Stefano Bonnini
;
Giuseppe Marzo
2020

Abstract

Benford’s Law is the statistical law capable of identifying the hidden anomalies of large datasets. The purpose of this article is to summarize how this logarithmic law was discovered, to summarize the related literature and to describe its empirical applications.
2020
Benford law; Test chi-quadrato; Test di Kolmogorov-Smirnov; Test bontà di adattamento
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