Zipf's law and writings on LIS
Presents the results of a study conducted to find out the validity of Zipf's law related to the word length and the frequency of its uses in the case of library and information science literature. The results obtained from the analysis of six different samples obey Zipf's law in all the ca...
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my.um.eprints.256792020-12-18T05:06:37Z http://eprints.um.edu.my/25679/ Zipf's law and writings on LIS Sen, Bimal Kanti Khong, Wye Keen Lee, Soo Hoon Lim, Bee Ling Abdullah, Mohd Rafae Ting, Chang Nguan Wee, Siu Hiang Z Bibliography. Library Science. Information Resources Presents the results of a study conducted to find out the validity of Zipf's law related to the word length and the frequency of its uses in the case of library and information science literature. The results obtained from the analysis of six different samples obey Zipf's law in all the cases with small deviations. The result provided by the sample comprising about 5,800 words fits the law best with just one deviation. The main exception is found to be one-letter words. Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, University of Malaya 1998 Article PeerReviewed Sen, Bimal Kanti and Khong, Wye Keen and Lee, Soo Hoon and Lim, Bee Ling and Abdullah, Mohd Rafae and Ting, Chang Nguan and Wee, Siu Hiang (1998) Zipf's law and writings on LIS. Malaysian Journal of Library & Information Science, 3 (1). pp. 93-98. ISSN 1394-6234 https://mjlis.um.edu.my/article/view/6652 |
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Presents the results of a study conducted to find out the validity of Zipf's law related to the word length and the frequency of its uses in the case of library and information science literature. The results obtained from the analysis of six different samples obey Zipf's law in all the cases with small deviations. The result provided by the sample comprising about 5,800 words fits the law best with just one deviation. The main exception is found to be one-letter words. |
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