Interesting "Laws"

Lamplighter · 12-22-2011, 12:31 PM

Imma gonna guess...

What if views of IOD are bimodally distributed ( popular vs not-so-popular )

If so, the population of IOD's with less than 1000 views might follow Benford's Law
And, the population of IOD's with more than 1000 views might also follow Benford's Law

So if the graph were drawn with 2 cycles (1-100-1000),
there would be two peaks (bimodal) at the 1's,
each falling off and following the Benford distribution after the 1's.

Otherwise, the IOD's would have to be assumed to be equally popular,
and then the distribution doesn't follow the prediction.

12-22-2011, 12:31 PM	#1
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	Imma gonna guess... What if views of IOD are bimodally distributed ( popular vs not-so-popular ) If so, the population of IOD's with less than 1000 views might follow Benford's Law And, the population of IOD's with more than 1000 views might also follow Benford's Law So if the graph were drawn with 2 cycles (1-100-1000), there would be two peaks (bimodal) at the 1's, each falling off and following the Benford distribution after the 1's. Otherwise, the IOD's would have to be assumed to be equally popular, and then the distribution doesn't follow the prediction.

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