Benford’s Law is an observation about the leading digits of the numbers found in real-world data sets. We would think that each digit would occur about 11.1% of the time, but that is not how it works. It has been used to detect fraud.) LeadingDigit1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Occurrence 76 62 29 33 19 27 28 21 22 Benford’sLaw 30.1% 17.6% 12.5% 9.7% 7.9% 6.7% 5.8% 5.1% 4.6% Test to see if the leading digits in the Internet Traffic times occur at the same frequency as given by Benford’s Law.

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The table below lists leading digits of 317 inter-arrival Internet traffic times for a hospital computer along with the frequencies of leading digits expected with Benford’s Law. (Benford’s Law is an observation about the leading digits of the numbers found in real-world data sets. We would think that each digit would occur about 11.1% of the time, but that is not how it works. It has been used to detect fraud.)

LeadingDigit1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Occurrence 76 62 29 33 19 27 28 21 22 Benford’sLaw 30.1% 17.6% 12.5% 9.7% 7.9% 6.7% 5.8% 5.1% 4.6%

Test to see if the leading digits in the Internet Traffic times occur at the same frequency as given by Benford’s Law.

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