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Test: check numbers against Benford's Law to look for made up data

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_Please read [how to create a new test](https://github.com/dataproofer/Dataproofer#creating-a-new-test) if you're interested in writing this test._ > [Benford's Law](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benford%27s_law) is a theory which states that small digits (1, 2, 3) appear...

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It happens sometimes to have a dataset with rows in decimal format (lat = 40.689213, lon = -74.044493) and others in sexagesimal format (lat 40° 41' 21" N, lon =...

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_Please read [how to create a new test](https://github.com/dataproofer/Dataproofer#creating-a-new-test) if you're interested in writing this test._

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Test: month column has all expected months, year column has all expected years

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_Please read [how to create a new test](https://github.com/dataproofer/Dataproofer#creating-a-new-test) if you're interested in writing this test._

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Test: check if city/county/state/country actually exist

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_Please read [how to create a new test](https://github.com/dataproofer/Dataproofer#creating-a-new-test) if you're interested in writing this test._ Run tests if column header is `city`, `county`, `state`, or `country`...make sure that it actually...

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Test: Name consistency

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_Please read [how to create a new test](https://github.com/dataproofer/Dataproofer#creating-a-new-test) if you're interested in writing this test._ Does your data have Middle Eastern or East Asian names in it? Are you sure...

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Test: "Other", "Etc."

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_Please read [how to create a new test](https://github.com/dataproofer/Dataproofer#creating-a-new-test) if you're interested in writing this test._ Look for ambiguous column names and highlight them.

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_Please read [how to create a new test](https://github.com/dataproofer/Dataproofer#creating-a-new-test) if you're interested in writing this test._ Given a spreadsheet with a "totals" column and values which allegedly sum to that total,...

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_Please read [how to create a new test](https://github.com/dataproofer/Dataproofer#creating-a-new-test) if you're interested in writing this test._ Given a user-designated margin of error column and the column it's describing, if the error...

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_Please read [how to create a new test](https://github.com/dataproofer/Dataproofer#creating-a-new-test) if you're interested in writing this test._

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