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stat.ME2023★ 4 cited
Tunable robustness in power-law inference
Qianying Lin, Mitchell Newberry
Power-law probability distributions arise often in the social and natural sciences. Statistics have been developed for estimating the exponent parameter as well as gauging goodness…
q-bio.PE2021
Measuring frequency-dependent selection in culture
Mitchell G. Newberry, Joshua B. Plotkin
Cultural traits such as words, names, decorative styles, and technical standards often assume arbitrary values and are thought to evolve neutrally. But neutral evolution cannot exp…
q-bio.PE2016
Evolutionary forces in language change
Christopher A. Ahern, Mitchell G. Newberry, Robin Clark +1
Languages and genes are both transmitted from generation to generation, with opportunity for differential reproduction and survivorship of forms. Here we apply a rigorous inference…