Benford's law

[NotAllThere]

...What's going on?

Logarithms. That's what causes it.

 

[scooterscot]

Logarithms. That's what causes it.

So, ignoring base 10 numbers, I'd see a similar pattern in octave and hexadecimal counting systems?

 

[Contreras]

So, ignoring base 10 numbers, I'd see a similar pattern in octave and hexadecimal counting systems?

Please no don't make me do that.

 

[mudskipper]

Random data set from clientCo

[B]First Digit           Count 	Percentage[/B]
0			196	0%
1			186550	31%
2			104339	18%
3			73074	12%
4			54788	9%
5			47192	8%
6			36954	6%
7			35722	6%
8			28370	5%
9			26546	4%

 

[xoggoth]

Any maths to explain why car numbers plates have a grossly disproportionate numbers of Xx, Ys, Zs, Vs, Js and Ks ????

I thought I would try and make myself less bad tempered while driving (slow drivers, tractors, cyclists!) by trying and make words and phrases out of number plates, but very difficult when they are nearly all XJC or KXV or ZYF etc.

 

[BrilloPad]

Any maths to explain why car numbers plates have a grossly disproportionate numbers of Xx, Ys, Zs, Vs, Js and Ks ????

I thought I would try and make myself less bad tempered while driving (slow drivers, tractors, cyclists!) by trying and make words and phrases out of number plates, but very difficult when they are nearly all XJC or KXV or ZYF etc.

MF broke the mould with that. He has CU*T 1.

 

[scooterscot]

Random data set from clientCo

[B]First Digit           Count 	Percentage[/B]
0			196	0%
1			186550	31%
2			104339	18%
3			73074	12%
4			54788	9%
5			47192	8%
6			36954	6%
7			35722	6%
8			28370	5%
9			26546	4%

Creepy.