Texas Instruments: Numb3 Rs: We're Number 1!

Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this lesson introduces students to the not-so-well known Benford's Law, which helps identify random number sets that may have been fabricated. Students learn about Benford's Law by exploring gas prices, and then use Benford's Law to figure out which data set is not completely random. Although this lesson is mostly about statistics, important pieces are best understood with some knowledge of exponentials and logarithms.