Debate Benford's Law

[HDRKID]

Benford's Law

Benford's law says "1" is the digit that is most common. After that it is two. Well, this seems so. However, that is not what I have seen. For example, looking at data of when items were ordered we find that "1" is not that common.

12 hour clock

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12

Well, "1" should be the most common first digit, but that was not so.

I found that most orders where after 3pm.

4
5
6
were the bulk.

Then came
7
8
9

very few orders came in on
10
11
12

Also, there were almost no orders in the morning.

 

[JDHollisterTitor]

I'm not sure you're getting the point of Benford's law, because it has to do with base integers and counting of numerals.

01
012
0123
01234
012345
0123456
01234567
012345678
0123456789
012345678910
01234567891011 ...

 

[JDHollisterTitor]

By the way, 12 hour clocks are just plain ridiculous. 24 hour clocks are much better, especially when they are of the mechanical variety. This is because they either then rely on torque (built from Hooke's law) or rely on a pendulum (built from jerk and gravity)

in fact, quartz clocks (that run off of a hertz mechanic) are plebian-tier.