1987
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-4571(198711)38:6<443::aid-asi4>3.0.co;2-e
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Estimation of Zipf parameters

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“…For the parameter estimations for this and all subsequent distributions (excepting Table 2) we proceeded according to the method of (linear) truncated least squares*, and performed the Kolmogoroff-Smirnov goodness-of-fit test with positive results on a 0.01 level of significance and one negative result. In our opinion, this test has no systematic value, *In more than four fifths of the thirty-four cases examined by Nicholls [17] this method yields good fits; hence, for the purpose of our comparative analysis, it will suffice. however, for the corroboration of the Lotka law and is only a useful convention to describe the agreement between two sets of a certain kind of frequency data.…”
Section: An Example Of a Lotka Distribution With Equality Of Chances mentioning
confidence: 98%
“…For the parameter estimations for this and all subsequent distributions (excepting Table 2) we proceeded according to the method of (linear) truncated least squares*, and performed the Kolmogoroff-Smirnov goodness-of-fit test with positive results on a 0.01 level of significance and one negative result. In our opinion, this test has no systematic value, *In more than four fifths of the thirty-four cases examined by Nicholls [17] this method yields good fits; hence, for the purpose of our comparative analysis, it will suffice. however, for the corroboration of the Lotka law and is only a useful convention to describe the agreement between two sets of a certain kind of frequency data.…”
Section: An Example Of a Lotka Distribution With Equality Of Chances mentioning
confidence: 98%
“…Nicholls (1987) and later Goldstein et al (2004) show that other standard fitting methods, such as nonlinear regression or continuous fits of histograms plotted on double-logarithmic scales, produce systematically biased estimates and often lead to incorrect conclusions.…”
Section: Estimation Of the Network Parameter γmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…For k, there is a priori assumption again, using the sample proportion g(l), linear least squares, Riemann series, and finite series. Estimation criteria are discussed by Nicholls (1987aNicholls ( , 1987b, Tague and Nicholls (1987), Haitun (1982), and Yablonsky (1985).…”
Section: Estimation and Testingmentioning
confidence: 99%