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The Maximal Value of a Zipf Size Variable: Sampling Properties and Relationship to Other Parameters.
Peer reviewedTague, Jean; Nicholls, Paul – Information Processing and Management, 1987
Examines relationships among the parameters of the Zipf size-frequency distribution as well as its sampling properties. Highlights include its importance in bibliometrics, tables for the sampling distribution of the maximal value of a finite Zipf distribution, and an approximation formula for confidence intervals. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Bibliometrics, Least Squares Statistics, Mathematical Models, Research Methodology
