Richard Donovan wrote: > > Can anyone explain in reasonably lay terms WHY Benford's Law > (first digit law) applies.
Assume observations are logarithmically distributed. Then look at the C and D scales on this slide rule (courtesy of Andrew Nitikin): http://nsg.upor.net/slide/ Best wishes, John ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
