UID:
almafu_9961304143602883
Umfang:
1 online resource (xv, 207 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
Ausgabe:
First edition.
ISBN:
9781009463522
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1009463527
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9781009463683
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1009463683
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9781009127950
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1009127950
Inhalt:
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 Benford's Law in the social sciences to assess the validity of self-reported data. The authors first introduce a new measure of conformity to the Benford distribution that is created using permutation statistical methods and employs the concept of statistical agreement. In a switch from a typical Benford application, this book moves away from using Benford's Law to test whether the data conform to the Benford distribution, to using it to draw conclusions about the validity of the data. The concept of 'Benford validity' is developed, which indicates whether a dataset is valid based on comparisons with the Benford distribution and, in relation to this, diagnostic procedure that assesses the impact of not having Benford validity on data analysis is devised.
Anmerkung:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 13 Nov 2023).
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Cover -- Half-title -- Title page -- Imprints page -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Benford's Law -- Benford Agreement Analysis and Benford Validity -- Plan for the Book -- Chapter 2 Validity and Self-Reported Data -- Validity in Social Science -- Validity of Self-Reported Data -- Benford's Law and the Validity of Self-Reported Data -- Conclusion -- Chapter 3 Benford's Law and Assessing Conformity -- A Brief History -- The Benford Distribution -- Measures of Probability -- Permutation Statistical Methods -- Measures of Effect Size -- A Chance-Corrected Measure of Effect Size -- Ordinary Euclidean Scaling -- Probability Values -- Assessing Conformity -- Conclusion -- Chapter 4 Data Characteristics and the Workflow of Benford Agreement Analysis -- Data Characteristics and Assessing Accuracy -- The Benford Distribution and Measures of Agreement -- Program Benford -- Assessing Accuracy and Measuring Agreement: Recap -- The Workflow of Benford Agreement Analysis -- Conclusion -- Chapter 5 Benford Agreement Analysis of the Sea Around Us Project's Fish-Landings Data -- The Global Fishing Industry -- Sea Around Us and the Dataset -- Benford Agreement Procedure -- Benford Agreement Analysis of Sea Around Us Data -- Summary of the Sea Around Us Benford Agreement Analysis -- Conclusion -- Chapter 6 Benford Agreement Analysis of US and Global COVID-19 New Cases Data -- COVID-19, Background -- Benford Agreement Procedure -- The United States and COVID-19 -- Benford Agreement Analysis of US COVID-19 New Cases Data -- Global COVID-19 Cases -- Conclusion -- Chapter 7 Assessing the Impacts of Problematic Benford Validity -- Assessing Data with Problematic Benford Validity -- Conclusion -- Chapter 8 Conclusion -- The Workflow of Benford Agreement Analysis: A Summary.
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When to Use a Benford Agreement Analysis -- Concluding Thoughts -- References -- Index.
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9781009124249
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 1009124242
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9781009123075
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 1009123076
Sprache:
Englisch
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