Is there any particular method we should use to determine the bin sizes in Assignment 8? I currently am just splitting it up by the order of magnitude base b (e.g. if the base is 2 then any n s.t. 2^k <= n < 2^(k+1) goes in a bin together), but I'm not sure if there's a better method we should be using.
That's a reasonable way to go. Keep in mind the base does not need to be an integer. Something between 1 and 2 may give the best results.