Table of Contents Table of Contents
Previous Page  694 / 762 Next Page
Basic version Information
Show Menu
Previous Page 694 / 762 Next Page
Page Background

694

Chapter 15: Chi-Square Tests

Figure 15-27:

Bar Chart depicting Benford’s Law

Following are a couple of examples which will try to establish whether the

distribution of observed leading digits for the data sets follow Benford’s

Law.

Example 15-7:

Table 15-11

summarizes the leading digits for the heights

in feet for the 60 tallest structures in the world. It gives the observed

frequency counts and the proportions of the leading digits of the heights.

Table 15-11:

Distribution of Leading Digits for Tallest Structures