A Statistical Search Method for Estimation of Bradford Groups

N. S. S. Narayana; C. Aruna Prasad Reddy

doi:10.17821/srels/2000/v37i1/38069

A Statistical Search Method for Estimation of Bradford Groups

Authors

N. S. S. Narayana
Economic Analysis Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, Mysore Road, RVCE Post, Bangalore-560 059
C. Aruna Prasad Reddy
S.V. University Library, Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati-517 502

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17821/srels/2000/v37i1/38069

Keywords:

Bradford Distribution/Groups/Law, Geometric Progression, Degree of Concentration, Chi-Square Test, Root Mean Square Error.

Abstract

Bradford's Law in bibliometrics is viewed as consisting of two aspects. First one is the distribution aspect which is purely a mathematical pattern. The other aspect is the relevance of such a distribution to bibliometrics. This paper deals with the methodology for estimating Bradford groups within a given set of bibliometric data. The paper also proposes a simple and easily adaptable statistical search method (SSM) and illustrates the application of the method.

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Narayana, N. S. S., & Aruna Prasad Reddy, C. (2014). A Statistical Search Method for Estimation of Bradford Groups. Journal of Information and Knowledge, 37(1), 5–16. https://doi.org/10.17821/srels/2000/v37i1/38069

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Volume 37, Issue 1, March 2000

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