= Solution
\b[Yes, the pattern merits checking.] Digits two and three are visibly more frequent than the <Benford law> predictions, whereas several large digits are scarce and nine is absent. Rough agreement for one and four does not remove this pattern.
Use the <predictive discrepancy statistic> comparison in part (h), together with examination of the accounts' selection and constraints. A discrepancy is evidence against this digit model, not by itself evidence sufficient to establish fabrication. No numerical test calculation is needed for this qualitative assessment.
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