Using the Benford’s Law as a First Step to Assess the Quality of the Cancer Registry Data

Frontiers in Public Health

Emanuele Crocetti¹ 

关键词: cancer registry;    incidence;    data quality;    Benford;    methodology;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpubh.2016.00225

学科分类：卫生学

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundBenford’s law states that the distribution of the first digit different from 0 [first significant digit (FSD)] in many collections of numbers is not uniform. The aim of this study is to evaluate whether population-based cancer incidence rates follow Benford’s law, and if this can be used in their data quality check process.

【 授权许可】

CC BY