Application of Benford's Law to detect fraud in university satisfaction surveys
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University satisfaction surveys, Benford's Law, fraudAbstract
This study applies Benford's Law to analyze the possible existence of fraud in the responses to a satisfaction survey conducted with 54 students from the Universidad Iberoamericana del Ecuador, Quito, in the Health area. A questionnaire of 12 questions was applied with answers on a Likert scale from 1 to 5. The results of the Chi-square test do not show significant evidence of fraud, suggesting that the answers align with the expected distribution of Benford's Law. It means that the students answered the questionnaire and the answers were not manipulated by another person, which gives the truthfulness of the answers.
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