Critical truths about power laws.¶
Stumpf, M. P. H., & Porter, M. A. (2012). Critical truths about power laws. Science, 335(6069), 665-666.
Cited by¶
1 citation across 1 artifact.
Each citation links to the sentence it supports in the citing article.
Primes¶
- Scale Invariance
- … Are Not Automatic Signatures of Scale Invariance**: Stumpf & Porter (2012) demonstrate that apparent power laws in empirical data are frequent statistical artifacts — the power-law form may arise from log-normal, stretched-exponential, exponential mixtures, or threshold effects without underlying scale invariance
This sourceMethodological critique establishing that many claimed power laws are statistical artifacts; power laws require rigorous validation.
- … Are Not Automatic Signatures of Scale Invariance**: Stumpf & Porter (2012) demonstrate that apparent power laws in empirical data are frequent statistical artifacts — the power-law form may arise from log-normal, stretched-exponential, exponential mixtures, or threshold effects without underlying scale invariance
Verification¶
This reference passed the adversarial substantiation pipeline: it was checked to exist and to support the claim it is attached to. See how references were verified.
Registry ID ref:d583672e145b · see in the full table