Sökning: "Benford"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 23 uppsatser innehållade ordet Benford.

  1. 1. “Pardon me if I don't weep for your victimhood” : examining the aftermath of deplatformization through influential far-right activists’ framing and alliance-building on Telegram

    Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kommunikation och medier

    Författare :Klara Avsec; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Moderation; deplatformization; far right; frame analysis; collective identity; alliance-building; Telegram; Social Sciences;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis examines the social unfolding of the recent deplatformization of the far-right extremes on Telegram. Leaving prior approaches to moderation behind, this study asks questions around how moderation imprints itself on the complex terrain of meaning and practice, interacts with intensified reflexiveness of the social agents, and leaves affected collectivities changed in unanticipated ways. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Accounting manipulation : analyzing corporate subsidy recipients during the covid-19 pandemic

    Magister-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Författare :Henric Mörch; Hampus Hällgren; [2022]
    Nyckelord :accounting manipulation; fraud; earnings management; Benford’s Law; the Jones Model;

    Sammanfattning : In response to the reported increase in accounting crime and suspected fraud in conjunction with the adjustment subsidies initialized during the covid-19 pandemic of 2020, we conducted a study examining accounting manipulation. Based on an explanatory theory for fraud, the Fraud Triangle, we theorize that the financial circumstances that companies experienced during the pandemic and the government subsidies created an environment where accounting manipulation could occur. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Benford’s law applied to sale prices on the Swedish housing market

    Kandidat-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/Statistiska institutionen

    Författare :Belit Ay; Nabiel Efrem; [2021]
    Nyckelord :Benford’s law; sale price; housing market;

    Sammanfattning : Benford’s law is based on an observation that certain digits occur more often than others in a set of numbers. This have provided researchers to apply the law in different areas including identifying digit patterns and manipulated data. To our knowledge, this have yet not been tested in the Swedish housing market. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Financial Applications of Benford’s Law - A Mathematical Approach for Analyzing Financial Market Behaviour

    Kandidat-uppsats, KTH/Matematisk statistik

    Författare :Peter Lindgren; Lucas Ternqvist; [2021]
    Nyckelord :Benford s Law; Financial market; Chi-square test; Index Indices ; Equity Equities ; Technical analysis; Volatility; Volume; Forecasting; Benfords Lag; Finansmarknaden; Chi-square test; Index; Aktier; Teknisk Analys; Volatilitet; Volym; Prognosticering;

    Sammanfattning : The increasing usage of algorithms and extensive collections of data have changed the discipline of finance and created new possibilities for analyzing the financial markets. To further explore the potential of developing new methods for understanding financial market behaviour, this thesis examines the first digit probability distribution of Benford's Law and its applicability within the financial markets. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Benford’s Law: Analysis of the trustworthiness of COVID-19 reporting in the context of different political regimes

    Kandidat-uppsats, Mälardalens högskola/Akademin för utbildning, kultur och kommunikation

    Författare :Leonid Burlac; Nikolaos Giannakis; [2021]
    Nyckelord :Benford s law; Covid-19; Chi-square; MAD; distribution distance;

    Sammanfattning : In order for governments and demographers to, among other things, design policies and pensionplans, as well as for insurance companies to offer policies that serve general public, having reliable mortality data plays a crucial role. The academic world works actively in developing tools (models and methods) that can, based on collected mortality data, forecast future death rates in the observed population. LÄS MER