Exercise 21 lists the observed frequencies of leading digits from amounts on checks from seven suspect companies. Here are the observed frequencies of the leading digits from the amounts on checks written by the author: 68, 40, 18, 19, 8, 20, 6, 9, 12. (Those observed frequencies correspond to the leading digits of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9, respectively.) Using a 0.05 significance level, test the claim that these leading digits are from a population of leading digits that conform to Benford€™s law. Do the author€™s check amounts appear to be legitimate?

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Leading Digit 2 3 4 6 8 Benford's Law: Distribution of Leading Digits 30.1% 17.6% 12.5%| 9.7%|7.9%| 6.7% 5.8% 5.1% 4.6%