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According to Benford's Law, a Variety of Different Data Sets

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According to Benford's Law, a variety of different data sets include numbers with leading (first)7)____________
digits that follow the distribution shown in the table below. Test for goodness-of-fit with
Benford's Law.  Leading Digit 123456789 Benford’s law:  distribution of  leading digits 30.1%17.6%12.5%9.7%7.9%6.7%5.8%5.1%4.6%\begin{array}{|l|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|}\hline \text { Leading Digit } & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 & 7 & 8 & 9 \\\hline \begin{array}{l}\text { Benford's law: } \\\text { distribution of } \\\text { leading digits }\end{array} & 30.1 \% & 17.6 \% & 12.5 \% & 9.7 \% & 7.9 \% & 6.7 \% & 5.8 \% & 5.1 \% & 4.6 \% \\\hline\end{array}
When working for the Brooklyn District Attorney, investigator Robert Burton analyzed the
leading digits of the amounts from 784 checks issued by seven suspect companies. The
frequencies were found to be 0, 18, 0, 79, 476, 180, 8, 23, and 0, and those digits correspond to
the leading digits of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9, respectively. If the observed frequencies
are substantially different from the frequencies expected with Benford's Law, the check
amounts appear to result from fraud. Use a 0.05 significance level to test for
goodness-of-fit with Benford's Law. Does it appear that the checks are the result of fraud?

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