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Dogan, AH, Altuntas, C, Gui, C, Tunalioglu, N and Erdogan, B (2023)

Statistical Analysis of Covid-19 Outbreak with Benford’s Law

Journal of Management and Economics Research 21(2), pp. 120-133.

ISSN/ISBN: Not available at this time. DOI: 10.11611/yead.1078847



Abstract: The coronavirus disease first identified in mid-December 2019 in Wuhan, China is an ongoing pandemic and the virus has spread around the world. As of 13 March 2020, the number of new cases started to increase significantly in Europe, and Europe was considered as the new center of the Covid-19 pandemic as announced by the WHO. Confirmed case rate (CCR), computed from the numbers of confirmed cases over numbers of tests of the countries can be used to confirm the quality of the numbers, and to detect the manipulation for health surveillance systems of the countries for managing the situation by testing whether or not follow Benford’s Law (BL). The main aim of this study is to test CCRs of the countries in Europe by BL to detect the data qualities and to monitor the manipulations, which can help to take precautions for the health surveillance systems of the countries.


Bibtex:
@article {, journal = {Journal of Management and Economics Research}, issn = {2148-029X}, eissn = {2148-029X}, address = {}, publisher = {Bandirma Onyedi Eylul University}, year = {2023}, volume = {21}, number = {2}, pages = {120 - 133}, doi = {10.11611/yead.1078847}, title = {Statistical Analysis of Covid-19 Outbreak with Benford’s Law}, author = {Doğan, Ali Hasan and Altuntaş, Cemali and Gül, Caneren and Tunalıoğlu, Nursu and Erdoğan, Bahattin} }


Reference Type: Journal Article

Subject Area(s): Economics, Medical Sciences, Statistics