Laws of scattering applied to popular music

Kevin L. Cook

Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1989, vol. 40, issue 4, 277-283

Abstract: Billboard Top 40 singles chart data were examined to determine if the frequency distribution of artist productivity fits either of two laws of scattering. Data were ranked by artist and the observed cumulative distribution functions were compared with the theoretical cumulative distribution functions for empirical laws developed by Lotka and Bradford. The Kolmogorov–Smirnov Goodness of Fit test showed the relationships between the theoretical and the observed were not statistically significant for either law. However, the marginal deviation from statistical significance may have been due to data contamination in that Billboard charts use some data manipulation rather than strictly objective sales or air play data. © 1989 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Date: 1989
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