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Chapter 5 - Benford Agreement Analysis of the Sea Around Us Project’s Fish-Landings Data

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 November 2023

Michael A. Long ,
Paul B. Stretesky ,
Kenneth J. Berry ,
Janis E. Johnston  and
Michael J. Lynch
Michael A. Long
Affiliation:
Oklahoma State University
Paul B. Stretesky
Affiliation:
Northumbria University, Newcastle
Kenneth J. Berry
Affiliation:
Colorado State University
Janis E. Johnston
Affiliation:
USDA
Michael J. Lynch
Affiliation:
University of South Florida
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Summary

Chapter 5 gives an extended empirical example of the Benford agreement procedure for assessing the validity of social science data. The example uses country-level data collected and estimated by the Sea Around Us organization on the dollar values of reported and unreported fish landings from 2010 to 2016. We report Benford agreement analyses for the Sea Around Us data (1) by reporting status, (2) by decade, (3) for a large fishing region of 22 West African countries, and (4) foreach of the 22 individual countries in West Africa.

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Benford agreement analysisglobal fishing industrySea Around Us
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Applying Benford's Law for Assessing the Validity of Social Science Data , pp. 94 - 130
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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