Not the First Digit! Using Benford's Law to Detect Fraudulent Scientif ic Data

DOI10.1080/02664760601004940zbMath1158.62094OpenAlexW2045254357WikidataQ56068769 ScholiaQ56068769MaRDI QIDQ3604095

Andreas Diekmann

Publication date: 24 February 2009

Published in: Journal of Applied Statistics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/02664760601004940

zbMATH Keywords

digital analysisfirst digit lawBenforddata fabricationdistribution of digits from regression coefficients

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of statistics (62P99)

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• Patterns in Listings of Failure-Rate & MTTF Values and Listings of Other Data
• The First Digit Problem

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