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Chapter 15: Chi-Square Tests

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Reference:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benford%27s_law#cite_note- Newcomb-1

Figure 15-28

shows adjacent bar charts to help compare the

percentages

of

the leading digits for the heights of the tallest structures and those following

Benford’s Law

Figure 15-28:

Adjacent Bar charts of the Percentages of the

leading digits for the Tallest Structures and

those following Benford’s Law

Another representation is shown in

Figure 15-29

which shows a plot of

the distribution of the percentages for the leading digits observed in the

data set for the heights of the tallest structures in the world superimposed

on those for Benford’s Law. Observe there are some deviations of the

percentages. In particular, there was a large deviation for the leading

digit of five.