theta_benford: Benford's law for first and second digits

In pedro-teles-fonseca/daubl: Digit Analysis Using Benford's Law

Description

First and second digit probabilities, as postulated by Benford's law.

Usage

benford(d)

Arguments

d	Numeric vector of length 1. Admissible values: 1 or 2.

Details

Benford’s law is an empirical regularity regarding the occurrence of digits in numbers that was first introduced by \insertCitenewcomb1881note;textualdaubl and later popularized and supported with empirical evidence by \insertCitebenford1938;textualdaubl. The formulas that give Benford's law first and second digit probabilities can be consulted in \insertCitehill1995derivation;textualdaubl.

Value

• benford(1) returns a numeric vector of length 9.

• benford(2) returns a numeric vector length 10.

References

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See Also

• msdigit to obtain the most significant digits of numbers.

• smsdigit to obtain the second most significant digits of numbers.

Examples

benford(1)
benford(2)

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