Terminal digit preference: Beware of Benford's law

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 192-

  Beer, T W ^a  

^a Cutaneous Pathology   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; BENFORD LAW; LETTER; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

BIOPSY; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGY, CLINICAL;

EID: 61449214183     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: 14724146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2008.061721     Document Type: Letter

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3. Benford F. The law of anomalous numbers. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 1938;78:551-72.
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5. Nigrini MJ. I've got your number. http://www.aicpa.org/pubs/jofa/ may1999/nigrini.htm (accessed 20 September 2008).