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<journal-id>2218-3620</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista Universidad y Sociedad]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Universidad y Sociedad]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2218-3620</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Editorial "Universo Sur"]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S2218-36202021000400461</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Aplicabilidad de la ley de Benford a la detección de fraudes]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Applicability of Benford's law to fraud detection]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Cabeza García]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Pedro Manuel]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Metropolitana  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Ecuador</country>
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<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>08</month>
<year>2021</year>
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<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>08</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>13</volume>
<numero>4</numero>
<fpage>461</fpage>
<lpage>467</lpage>
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<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2218-36202021000400461&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2218-36202021000400461&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2218-36202021000400461&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN El presente artículo científico es producto de la primera etapa de un proyecto de investigación que tiene como finalidad aplicar la Ley de Benford a la detección de fraude a las encuestas que son utilizadas en cualquier tipo de investigación, en el primer momento se realizó una revisión heurística de la bibliografía científica que trate del tema de la detección de fraude en el mundo de las investigaciones científicas aplicando la Ley de Benford, a través de su ley de los números anómalos y su distribución logarítmica. Con un enfoque exploratorio se revisó parte de la población documental bibliográfica disponible como muestra, sin pretender agotar dicha revisión, lográndose llegar a dar respuesta a la meta fijada como conclusión, de que la Ley de Benford es posible su aplicación en la detección de fraudes llámese errores involuntarios como voluntarios buscando un resultado deseado.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT This scientific article is the product of the first stage of a research project that aims to apply Benford's Law to the detection of fraud to surveys that are used in any type of research, at first a heuristic review was carried out of the scientific bibliography that deals with the subject of fraud detection in the world of scientific research applying Benford's Law, through its law of anomalous numbers and their logarithmic distribution. With an exploratory approach, part of the bibliographic documentary population available as a sample was reviewed, without trying to exhaust said review, managing to respond to the goal set as a conclusion, that Benford's Law is possible to be applied in the detection of fraud. involuntary mistakes as volunteers seeking a desired result.]]></p></abstract>
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