This is where my mathematical knowledge fails me. If you had a collection of largely random numbers and multiplied by a constant prime would you expect to end up with a dataset that adheres to Benford's?
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No. And remember, we're talking about the boring, uniform-distribution 3rd digit bit of Benford's Law here, not the sexy curves of the first digit.
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Lol @ sexy curves. That makes sense. I can't really think of a reason that would cause such a violation of Benford's, but I would also say that these systems are composed of so many moving parts that it could be very hard to identify the cause here
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