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Analysis of Zipf's Law: An Index Approach.

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Chen, Ye-Sho; Leimkuhler, Ferdinand F. – Information Processing and Management, 1987

This analysis of Zipf's law uses an index for the sequence of observed values of the variables in a Zipf-type relationship. Three important properties relating rank, count, and frequency are identified, shapes of Zipf-type curves are described, and parameters of the Mandelbrot-Zipf law are discussed. (Author/LRW)

Descriptors: Indexing, Mathematical Models, Predictor Variables, Statistical Distributions

"Developing a Perspective", "Inter-Connecting", and "Bringing It Together": Who Chooses to Use a Labelling Feature in Online Conversations in a Graduate Course?

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Bures, Eva Mary; Schmid, Richard F.; Abrami, Philip C. – Educational Media International, 2009

This study explores a labelling feature that allows students to tag parts of their online messages. Data comes from four sequentially offered sessions of a graduate education course. Students engaged in two to three online activities in groups of three or four. Students (n = 53) contributed from 0 to 56 labels (M = 12.42, SD = 13.50) and 18 to 114…

Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Graduate Students, Education Courses