Full-text resources of CEJSH and other databases are now available in the new Library of Science.
Visit https://bibliotekanauki.pl

Refine search results

Journals help

  1. 1 e-mentor

Authors help

  1. 1 Kopczewski T.

  2. 1 Okhrimenko I.

Years help

  1. 1 2019

Results found: 1

first rewind previous Page / 1 next fast forward last

Search results

Search:
in the keywords:  probability perception
help Sort By:

help Limit search:
first rewind previous Page / 1 next fast forward last
1
Publication available in full text mode
Content available

Playing with Benford's Law

100%
Kopczewski T., Okhrimenko I.
e-mentor
|
2019
|
issue 3 (80)
34-44
EN
This paper presents a classroom experiment, the simulations, and a research which familiarize the students with the Benford’s Law. This law is widely used in a tax fraud detecting procedures. This paper shows that: i) the Benford’s Law can be useful in extending the simple perception of the probability which is presented at the lectures concerning the risk, ii) can be an excellent example of using data processing for the classroom tasks, iii) by the experience of the fraud detecting technique the students might change their attitude to cheating. The experiment and the prepared R codes can be used in the numerous courses, such as accounting, applied microeconomics, and quantitative methods.
first rewind previous Page / 1 next fast forward last
JavaScript is turned off in your web browser. Turn it on to take full advantage of this site, then refresh the page.