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The elusive phenomenon of Bradford's Law

✍ Scribed by Basu, Aparna

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1994
Tongue
English
Weight
169 KB
Volume
45
Category
Article
ISSN
0002-8231

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✦ Synopsis

Because of its ease of application in comparing an observed (empirical) frequency distribution with a theoretical form, the Kolmogorov-Smirnov (K-S) test has found wide favor in Informetrics. However, in a trenchant denunciation, Sichel (1992) points out that in many cases its application constitutes a misuse. Two errors frequently encountered (see, e.g.,

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