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Using Benford’s law to assess the quality of COVID-19 register data in Brazil

We employ Newcomb–Benford law (NBL) to evaluate the reliability of COVID-19 figures in Brazil. Using official data from February 25 to September 15, we apply a first digit test for a national aggregate dataset of total cases and cumulative deaths. We find strong evidence that Brazilian reports do no...

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Autores principales: Silva, Lucas, Figueiredo Filho, Dalson
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7665668/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33097928
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdaa193