[EL] Benford's Law and fraud

[Kogan, Vladimir]

Folks on this list will enjoy the latest episode of Radiolab. They take on the proliferating online  claims that Benford’s Law<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benford%27s_law> shows evidence of voter fraud and explain why it’s being misapplied. (Quick summary: People are looking at the first digit of the vote counts, but there is no theoretical reason to expect that to follow the Benford distribution.)

https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/radiolab/articles/breaking-benford
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