The accompanying data table lists leading digits of 317​ inter-arrival Internet traffic times for a​ computer, along with the frequencies of leading digits expected with​ Benford's law. The accompanying technology results are obtained when testing for​ goodness-of-fit with the distribution described by​ Benford's law, and H0 is rejected. What does this result suggest about the possibility that the computer has been​ hacked? Is there any corrective action that should be​ taken?     Leading Digit 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ​Benford's Law ​30.1% ​17.6% ​12.5% ​9.7% ​7.9% ​6.7% ​5.8% ​5.1% ​4.6% Leading Digits of​ Inter-Arrival Traffic Times 76 62 29 33 19 27 28 21 22 Test​ Statistic, X^2: 20.9222 Critical​ X^2: 15.5073 ​P-Value: 0.0074   Because the leading digits of​ inter-arrival traffic times ▼ (fit or do not fit) the distribution described by​ Benford's law, it appears that those times ▼ (are not or are) typical. There is ▼ (a good chance or very little chance) that the computer has been hacked. Corrective action ▼ (is not or is) needed.

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The accompanying data table lists leading digits of 317​ inter-arrival Internet traffic times for a​ computer, along with the frequencies of leading digits expected with​ Benford's law. The accompanying technology results are obtained when testing for​ goodness-of-fit with the distribution described by​ Benford's law, and H0 is rejected. What does this result suggest about the possibility that the computer has been​ hacked? Is there any corrective action that should be​ taken?
 
 
Leading Digit
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
​Benford's Law
​30.1%
​17.6%
​12.5%
​9.7%
​7.9%
​6.7%
​5.8%
​5.1%
​4.6%
Leading Digits of​ Inter-Arrival Traffic Times
76
62
29
33
19
27
28
21
22
Test​ Statistic, X^2:
20.9222
Critical​ X^2:
15.5073
​P-Value:
0.0074

 

Because the leading digits of​ inter-arrival traffic times ▼ (fit or do not fit) the distribution described by​ Benford's law, it appears that those times ▼ (are not or are) typical. There is ▼ (a good chance or very little chance) that the computer has been hacked. Corrective action ▼ (is not or is) needed.

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