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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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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |