Lotka's Law and the Kolmogorov-Smirnov Test: An Error in Calculation.

Loughner, William

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ERIC Number: EJ443290

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Publication Date: 1992

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Lotka's Law and the Kolmogorov-Smirnov Test: An Error in Calculation.

Loughner, William

Journal of the American Society for Information Science, v43 n2 p149-50 Mar 1992

Corrects an error in the calculation of the Kolmogorov-Smirnov (KS) statistic when it is used to empirically confirm or deny the generalized Lotka's law. Examples from the literature are given of both correct and incorrect uses of the KS test and Lotka equations with cumulative distribution functions (CDFs). (six references) (LRW)

Descriptors: Computation, Goodness of Fit, Hypothesis Testing, Literature Reviews, Statistical Distributions, Tables (Data)

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Language: English

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