The sample size dependency of statistical measures and synchronic potentiality in informetrics. Some comments on some comments by Professor Burrell

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 54, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1075-1076

  Yoshikane, Fuyuki ^a   Kageura, Kyo ^b   Tsuji, Keita ^b  

^a National Institution for Academic Degrees and University Evaluation   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATICS   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXTRAPOLATION; INTERPOLATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RANDOM PROCESSES; SAMPLING; STATISTICS;

BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; IDIOSYNCHRONIC STATE; INFOMETRICS; RANDOM SUBSAMPLING; SAMPLE SIZE DEPENDENCY; STATISTICAL MEASURES;

INFORMATION SCIENCE;

EID: 0042329836     PISSN: 15322882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asi.10330     Document Type: Letter

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