The Maximal Value of a Zipf Size Variable: Sampling Properties and Relationship to Other Parameters.

Tague, Jean; Nicholls, Paul

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Publication Date: 1987

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The Maximal Value of a Zipf Size Variable: Sampling Properties and Relationship to Other Parameters.

Tague, Jean; Nicholls, Paul

Information Processing and Management, v23 n3 p155-70 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, Sampling, Statistical Distributions, Tables (Data)

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Language: English

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