Open AccessApplying Benford’s law to COVID-19 data: the case of the European Union
Author(s) -
Pavlos Kolias
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.916
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1741-3850
pISSN - 1741-3842
DOI - 10.1093/pubmed/fdac005
Subject(s) - benford's law , standard deviation , european union , statistics , per capita , distribution (mathematics) , econometrics , geography , demography , medicine , environmental health , mathematics , economics , population , sociology , international trade , mathematical analysis
Previous studies have used Benford's distribution to assess the accuracy of COVID-19 data. Data inaccuracies provide false information to the media, undermine global response and hinder the preventive measures taken by authorities.