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Critical Truths About Power Laws
Methodological constraint: apparent straight lines and fitted exponents do not establish a power law or mechanism. Compare alternatives and report the fitted range. Distribution-tail inference differs from conditional regression.
Citation and scope
Michael P. H. Stumpf; Mason A. Porter (2012). Critical Truths About Power Laws. Science 335(6069), 665–666.
Methodological constraint: apparent straight lines and fitted exponents do not establish a power law or mechanism. Compare alternatives and report the fitted range. Distribution-tail inference differs from conditional regression.
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