Moments
Moments of random variables for the digits 1 to 9 following this law have been calculated:
- mean 3.440
- variance 6.057
- skewness 0.796
- kurtosis 0.548
For the first and second digit distribution these values are also known:
- mean 38.590
- variance 621.832
- skewness 0.772
- kurtosis 0.547
A table of the expected values of the first two digits according to Benford's law is available, as is the population correlation between the first and second digits: ρ2 = 0.0561.
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