Benford’s Law and COVID-19 Reporting
Trust in the reported data of contagious diseases in real time is important for policy makers. Media and politicians have cast doubt on Chinese reported data on COVID-19 cases. We find Chinese confirmed infections match the distribution expected in Benford’s Law and are similar to that se...
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Formato: | Journal article |
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Elsevier
2020
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