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Applying Benford’s Law for Assessing the Validity of Social Science Data

Michael A. Long is a Professor of Sociology at Oklahoma State University, USA. He is the author or co-author of six books and over 90 journal articles and book chapters primarily in the areas of environmental sociology, green criminology, sustainability, food insecurity, public health, and quantitative methodology. He has received funding from the National Science Foundation, US Department of Agriculture, the British Academy, among others for his research.

Paul B. Stretesky is a Professor of Criminology at Northumbria University, UK. He is the author of eight books and over 100 journal articles and book chapters, primarily in the areas of environmental justice, environmental sociology, green criminology and food insecurity. He has funding from the Natural Environment Research Council (UK) for his research.

Kenneth J. Berry is an Emeritus Professor of Sociology at Colorado State University, USA. He is the author of seven books and 185 referred journal articles. He is a leading scholar in the statistics subfield known as 'permutation methods.' In 2002 he was named John N. Stern Distinguished Professor in the College of Liberal Arts at Colorado State University.

Janis E. Johnston works at the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) as a policy analyst. She is co-editor of a book on social equality and a co-author of five statistics books that focus on the subfield of statistics known as permutation methods.

Michael J. Lynch is a Professor of Criminology at the University of South Florida, USA. He is the founder of the subfield of criminology known as 'green criminology.' He is the author/editor of 20 books, some of which have multiple editions, more than 120 journal articles and 55 book chapters.