Let'e pretend we have received a workbreakdown WBS estimate (in Euros, not manhours!) of a project consisting of 9 activities + cost per activity
Act, cost
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1, 2950
2, 1550
3, 2950
4, 550
5, 2650
6, 350
7, 450
8, 550
9, 750
==
Total 12750 (start point?? start with the end in mInd).
Has this data been manipulated? e.g. according to Benford, '5' should have a frequency in first digit of 7.9% but in our case it is 35%.
Does this require further inspection?
// a more generic example
0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, 144, 233, 377, 610, 987, 1597, 2584, 4181, 6765, 10946, 17711, 28657, 46368, 75025, 121393, 196418, 317811