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Re: Newbie's question [message #45984 is a reply to message #45924]

Fri, 21 October 2005 10:29

James Kuyper
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JD Smith wrote:
> On Fri, 21 Oct 2005 05:55:53 -0700, James Kuyper wrote:
>
>>> Fitting to a single power law is a time honored tradition in many of the
>>> precision-limited fields of physics (e.g. astronomy).
>>
>> True, but following that tradition is only appropriate when there's a
>> specific reason to expect a power law of some kind.
>
> You'd be surprised how many different motivations are invoked in the
> cult of log-log.

No I wouldn't. By training, I'm a theoretical cosmologist. I've seen a
lot of badly motivated log-log "analysis" by astronomers.

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