Huber JC, Wagner-Dobler R, "Using the Mann-Whitney test on informetric data" JASIST 54(8):798-801 June 2003

[Eugene Garfield]

John Huber : jchuber at inventionandinnovation.org
Roland Wagner-Dobler : rfw-d at t-online.de

TITLE    Using the Mann-Whitney test on informetric data
AUTHOR   Huber JC, Wagner-Dobler R
JOURNAL  JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR
         INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
         54 (8): 798-801 JUN 2003

 Document type: Article   Language: English
 Cited References: 18     Times Cited: 0


Abstract:
The fields of informetrics and scientometrics have suffered from the lack of
a powerful test to detect the differences between two samples. We show that
the Mann-Whitney test is a good test on the publication productivity of
journals and of authors. Its main limitation is a lack of power on small
samples that have small differences. This is not the fault of the test, but
rather reflects the fact that small, similar samples have little to
distinguish between them.

KeyWords Plus:
STATIONARY SCIENTOMETRIC DISTRIBUTIONS, SCIENTIFIC PRODUCTION,
STATISTICAL-ANALYSIS, MATHEMATICAL LOGIC,
20TH-CENTURY, AUTHORS

Addresses:
Huber JC, Inst Invent & Innovat, Austin, TX USA
Inst Invent & Innovat, Austin, TX USA
Humboldt Univ, Inst Lib Sci, Berlin, Germany

Publisher:
JOHN WILEY & SONS INC, HOBOKEN

IDS Number:
683DJ

ISSN:
1532-2882


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