Benford's Law
applications for forensic accounting, auditing, and fraud detection
$159.33
- Hardcover
352 pages
- Release Date
30 March 2012
Summary
Uncover Hidden Patterns: Detecting Fraud and Anomalies with Benford’s Law
A powerful new tool for all forensic accountants, or anyone who analyzes data that may have been altered
Benford’s Law gives the expected patterns of the digits in the numbers in tabulated data such as town and city populations or fictitious portfolio returns. Those digits, in unaltered data, will not occur in equal proportions; there is a large bias towards the lower digits, so much s…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781118152850 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1118152859 |
| Series: | Wiley Corporate F&A |
| Author: | Mark J. Nigrini, Joseph T. Wells |
| Publisher: | John Wiley & Sons Inc |
| Imprint: | John Wiley & Sons Inc |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 30 March 2012 |
| Weight: | 776g |
| Dimensions: | 262mm x 192mm x 32mm |
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About The Author
Mark J. Nigrini
MARK J. NIGRINI, PHD, is a professor at The College of New Jersey where he teaches forensic accounting courses. His research involves advanced theoretical work on Benford’s Law and the legal process surrounding fraud convictions. Nigrini is also the author of Forensic Analytics (Wiley), which describes tests to detect fraud, errors, estimates, and biases in financial data. He has been published in national media including the Wall Street Journal and has published papers on Benford’s Law and accounting in academic and professional journals. Nigrini regularly presents professional seminars for accountants and auditors in North America, Europe, and Asia with recent events in Singapore, Switzerland, and New Zealand.
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