languageR (version 1.6)

yule.fnc: Yule's characteristic constant K

Description

This function calculates Yule's characteristic constant K given a frequency spectrum.

Usage

yule.fnc(spect)

Value

Yule's characteristic constant K

Arguments

spect

A frequency spectrum as generated by spectrum.fnc.

Author

R. H. Baayen

References

Yule, G. U. (1944) The Statistical Study of Literary Vocabulary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Baayen, R. H. (2001) Word Frequency Distributions, Dordrecht: Kluwer.

See Also

See also spectrum.fnc and growth.fnc.

Examples

if (FALSE) {
  data(alice)
  yule.fnc(spectrum.fnc(alice))
}