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Mi, Z and Yang, X (2014)

Benford’s Law: A New Paradigm of China’s Macroeconomic Statistical Data Quality Evaluation

Mathematics in Practice and Theory 44(24), pp.10-18.

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Abstract: Data quality is the lifeline of the statistical work,however,the authenticity of China’s macroeconomic statistics and the data quality has been questioned from many aspects.especially since the US financial crisis in 2008,which receive more criticism from the researchers from the world and the inland.This thesis introduces,verifies and broadens distribution fitting and the competence of evaluating the randomness quality of macroeconomic statistical data.What is more,it evaluates the macroeconomic statistical data of China’s statistics system objectively,authentically and effectively.The research has improves that,in 95% confidence level,the four macroeconomic economic departments’ main economic indicators do not exist to human manipulations and corrections including China’s National Economy Accounting,Government Financial Statistics,Financial Industries and Financial Balance of International Payments.Further more,the data quality of statistics department has been improved continuously and significantly.


Bibtex:
@article{, author = {Mi, Z. and Yang, X.}, title = {Benford’s Law: A New Paradigm of China’s Macroeconomic Statistical Data Quality Evaluation}, year = {2014}, journal = {Mathematics in Practice and Theory}, volume = {44}, issue = {24}, pages = {10--18}, }


Reference Type: Journal Article

Subject Area(s): Accounting, Economics