Comment on "benford's law and the detection of election fraud"

Political Analysis

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 269-272

  Mebane, Walter R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 80051999940     PISSN: 10471987     EISSN: 14764989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pan/mpr024     Document Type: Article

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