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The Difficulty of Faking Data

Pages 27-31 | Published online: 20 Sep 2012

References and Further Reading

  • Benford , F. “The Law of Anomalous Numbers,” . Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society . Vol. 78 , pp. 551 – 572 .
  • Chapanis , A. 1953 . “Random-Number Guessing Behavior,” . American Psychologist , 8 : 332
  • Chernoff , H. 1981 . “How to Beat the Massachusetts Numbers Game,” . Mathematical Intelligencer , 3 : 166 – 172 .
  • Gilovich , T. , Vallone , R. and Tversky , A. 1985 . “The Hot Hand in Basketball: On the Misperception of Random Sequences,” . Cognitive Psychology , 17 : 295 – 314 .
  • Hill , T. 1996 . “A Statistical Derivation of the Significant-Digit Law,” . Statistical Science , 10 : 354 – 363 .
  • Newcomb , S. 1881 . “Note on the Frequency of Use of the Different Digits in Natural Numbers,” . American Journal of Mathematics , 4 : 39 – 40 .
  • Nigrini , M. 1996 . “A Taxpayer Compliance Application of Benford's Law,” . Journal of the American Taxation Association , 18 : 72 – 91 .

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