ooli@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agotil: Benford's law: real life number are not evenly disribued, 1 occur 30% of the timelemmy.worldimagemessage-square35fedilinkarrow-up1117
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minus-squarethemoonisacheese@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·1 year agoThis is used to catch tax fraud. People who forge reciepts tend to use random numbers, so they stand out as outliers, and they get caught that way.
This is used to catch tax fraud. People who forge reciepts tend to use random numbers, so they stand out as outliers, and they get caught that way.