Applying benford's law for assessing the validity of social science data
Auteur :
Long, Michael A. / Stretesky, Paul B. / Berry, Kenneth J. / Johnston, Janis E. / Lynch, Michael J.
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9781009124249
Date de publication :
23 nov. 2023
Dimensions :
23,0 x 15,0 x 1,8 cm
Poids :
337 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Benford's Law is a probability distribution for the likelihood of the leading digit in a set of numbers. This book seeks to improve and systematize the use of this in the social sciences to assess the validity of self-reported data, using a new measure of conformity to the Benford distribution.