Essays about: "Benford"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 15 essays containing the word Benford.
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1. “Pardon me if I don't weep for your victimhood” : examining the aftermath of deplatformization through influential far-right activists’ framing and alliance-building on Telegram
University essay from Lunds universitet/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kommunikation och medierAbstract : This thesis examines the social unfolding of the recent deplatformization of the far-right extremes on Telegram. Leaving prior approaches to moderation behind, this study asks questions around how moderation imprints itself on the complex terrain of meaning and practice, interacts with intensified reflexiveness of the social agents, and leaves affected collectivities changed in unanticipated ways. READ MORE
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2. Accounting manipulation : analyzing corporate subsidy recipients during the covid-19 pandemic
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionenAbstract : In response to the reported increase in accounting crime and suspected fraud in conjunction with the adjustment subsidies initialized during the covid-19 pandemic of 2020, we conducted a study examining accounting manipulation. Based on an explanatory theory for fraud, the Fraud Triangle, we theorize that the financial circumstances that companies experienced during the pandemic and the government subsidies created an environment where accounting manipulation could occur. READ MORE
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3. Benford’s law applied to sale prices on the Swedish housing market
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Statistiska institutionenAbstract : Benford’s law is based on an observation that certain digits occur more often than others in a set of numbers. This have provided researchers to apply the law in different areas including identifying digit patterns and manipulated data. To our knowledge, this have yet not been tested in the Swedish housing market. READ MORE
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4. Financial Applications of Benford’s Law - A Mathematical Approach for Analyzing Financial Market Behaviour
University essay from KTH/Matematisk statistikAbstract : The increasing usage of algorithms and extensive collections of data have changed the discipline of finance and created new possibilities for analyzing the financial markets. To further explore the potential of developing new methods for understanding financial market behaviour, this thesis examines the first digit probability distribution of Benford's Law and its applicability within the financial markets. READ MORE
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5. Benford’s Law: Analysis of the trustworthiness of COVID-19 reporting in the context of different political regimes
University essay from Mälardalens högskola/Akademin för utbildning, kultur och kommunikationAbstract : In order for governments and demographers to, among other things, design policies and pensionplans, as well as for insurance companies to offer policies that serve general public, having reliable mortality data plays a crucial role. The academic world works actively in developing tools (models and methods) that can, based on collected mortality data, forecast future death rates in the observed population. READ MORE