Quick anomaly detection by the Newcomb-Benford law, with applications to electoral processes data from the USA, Puerto Rico and Venezuela

DOI10.1214/09-STS296zbMath1331.62492arXiv1205.3290WikidataQ63362823 ScholiaQ63362823MaRDI QIDQ5963766

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Publication date: 23 February 2016

Published in: Statistical Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1205.3290

zbMATH Keywords

Bayes factors\(p\)-value correctionselection forensicselectronic electionsNewcomb-Benford second digit law 2BLquick anomaly detectionrestricted Newcomb-Benford lawuniversal lower bound

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of statistics to social sciences (62P25) History, political science (91F10)

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