For each of the following data sets decide how well or how p

For each of the following data sets, decide how well or how poorly you would expect the data to conform to Benford’s Law. Justify your answers.
(a) The grade point averages of students at the University.
(b) The ages of people in the world.
(c) The areas of countries in the world in square kilometers.
(d) The hourly wages of people who work in the fast food industry in the United States.

Justify your answers!

Solution

a> Benford\'s Law will not hold true in this case as the set of grades is predesposed , the set has a limited set of digits.

b> Benford\'s Law will hold true , as the ages of people in the world as the ages will go across mutiple order of magnitude.

c> Benford\'s Law will hold true , as the set of data is not limited and the order of magnitude will vary as well.

d> Benford\'s Law will hold true.as the set of data is not limited and the order of magnitude will vary as well.