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Reference study data: the humanities

[Citation study data: Humanities]


Actual Humanities references

Total citations, N

1,469

Citations less than 51yrs old

1310.5

modal age, [t*]H

4

Umax,H

7.49%

mean age, µH

14.37

Skew

1.20

Kurtosis

531.92

lower quartile age

5

median age

10

upper quartile age

21

Best line vs good curve

The line of best fit is R(t) =A + B.t where

The chosen Barnett curve is y(t) =a.(e^(-bt+d) - e^(-ct)) where

and therefore, for this mathematical model,

Comparison of errors

.

  Line, R(t)

  Barnett curve, y(t)

error factor

76.9210

34.4276

Pearson's r

0.8966

0.7507

Pearson's r²

0.8038

0.5636

Alienation

0.1962

0.4364

error ratio (L:C)

2.2343

Humanities reference distributions, as afunction of age

Age

Distributions

actual counts

t

uH(t)

yH(t)

RH(t)

Eng.

His.

total

0

0.204%

0.127%

4.107%

0

3

3

1

1.498%

2.277%

4.021%

10

12

22

2

5.071%

3.558%

3.935%

32

42.5

74.5

3

5.956%

4.270%

3.849%

37

50.5

87.5

4

7.488%

4.609%

3.763%

37

73

110

5

4.289%

4.709%

3.678%

25

38

63

6

4.221%

4.659%

3.592%

35

27

62

7

5.718%

4.515%

3.506%

38

46

84

8

4.561%

4.318%

3.420%

27

40

67

9

2.587%

4.091%

3.334%

17

21

38

10

4.731%

3.852%

3.248%

19

50.5

69.5

11

3.131%

3.612%

3.163%

17

29

46

12

1.770%

3.375%

3.077%

6

20

26

13

2.178%

3.147%

2.991%

11

21

32

14

2.859%

2.930%

2.905%

9

33

42

15

2.893%

2.725%

2.819%

5

37.5

42.5

16

1.940%

2.531%

2.733%

7

21.5

28.5

17

2.076%

2.351%

2.648%

13

17.5

30.5

18

0.840%

2.182%

2.562%

4

8.3

12.3

19

0.340%

2.025%

2.476%

3

2

5

20

0.908%

1.878%

2.390%

5

8.3

13.3

21

2.541%

1.742%

2.304%

9

28.3

37.3

22

1.089%

1.616%

2.218%

11

5

16

23

2.110%

1.499%

2.132%

10

21

31

24

1.089%

1.390%

2.047%

2

14

16

25

0.545%

1.289%

1.961%

0

8

8

26

1.804%

1.195%

1.875%

5

21.5

26.5

27

0.953%

1.108%

1.789%

8

6

14

28

1.157%

1.027%

1.703%

5

12

17

29

0.681%

0.953%

1.617%

3

7

10

30

0.749%

0.883%

1.532%

5

6

11

31

1.702%

0.819%

1.446%

4

21

25

32

1.055%

0.759%

1.360%

2

13.5

15.5

33

0.340%

0.704%

1.274%

0

5

5

34

0.477%

0.653%

1.188%

4

3

7

35

1.089%

0.605%

1.102%

3

13

16

36

0.238%

0.561%

1.017%

2

1.5

3.5

37

0.272%

0.520%

0.931%

2

2

4

38

0.442%

0.482%

0.845%

1

5.5

6.5

39

0.272%

0.447%

0.759%

2

2

4

40

0.204%

0.415%

0.673%

2

1

3

41

0.885%

0.385%

0.587%

6

7

13

42

0.340%

0.357%

0.501%

3

2

5

43

0.170%

0.331%

0.416%

0

2.5

2.5

44

0.272%

0.307%

0.330%

0

4

4

45

0.340%

0.284%

0.244%

4

1

5

46

0.477%

0.264%

0.158%

6

1

7

47

0.408%

0.244%

0.072%

2

4

6

48

1.327%

0.227%

-0.014%

7

12.5

19.5

49

0.306%

0.210%

-0.099%

0

4.5

4.5

50

0.613%

0.195%

 -0.185%

2

7

9

totals:

 0.89210

 0.89210

1

 467

 843.5

 1310.5


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