Simple math means corporations are lying to auditors
http://econerdfood.blogspot.com/2011/10/benfords-law-and-decreasing-reliability.html
Benford's Law is one of those math things that is cool when you hear about it and very obvious once you think about it: when you have a natural process that measures the amount of stuff, there will be more numbers that start with "1" than start with "9".
Violations of Benford's Law are a key indicator that someone is cooking the books.
Benford's Law is one of those math things that is cool when you hear about it and very obvious once you think about it: when you have a natural process that measures the amount of stuff, there will be more numbers that start with "1" than start with "9".
Violations of Benford's Law are a key indicator that someone is cooking the books.