DIGDIS: Stata module to analyze the distribution of digits

Ben Jann ()

Statistical Software Components from Boston College Department of Economics

Abstract: digdis tabulates the distribution of digits of the specified variables, performs goodness-of-fit tests against a reference distribution and, optionally, graphs the distributions. The default is to tabulate the first (nonzero) digit and to test against Benford's law. The moremata package and the mgof package, also available from SSC, are required.

Language: Stata
Requires: Stata version 9.2
Keywords: digits; Benford's law; goodness of fit (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007-06-29
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