How To Judge A Set Of Data Fit Power-Law?

Question

[quge856]

Hi there,

I got a question: here are a column of data, now I want to know whether they fit power-law distribution or not, so I wonder is there any software or script can make a judgement or determination?

Regards, QG

Answer 1

[Leonor Palmeira]

You can use the power.law.fit function in R.

See here how to get an estimate of the goodness of fit.

[quge856]

Many thanks! It seems interesting, I'll check it