Talk:Long tail/Archives/2015

Powerlaw graph
Graphs have no axis labels. Taxodermist (talk) 19:34, 9 May 2015 (UTC)

Terminology; "long tail" v. long-tail distribution v. long-tailed distribution
Are the terms "long tail", "long-tail distribution" and "long-tailed distribution" used interchangeably? Or do they mean different things? If the latter, is this explained somewhere? I didn't find it just skimming.

Without a careful study, it looks to me like the terms "long-tail distribution" and long-tailed distribution" are being used interchangeably. If so, I suggest you settle on one term and convert the other to the chosen one.  A Google search found roughly 3 million matches for "long-tail distribution" and 1.6 million for "long-tailed distribution".  That criterion would suggest replacing "long-tailed distribution" with "long-tail distribution" everywhere.  DavidMCEddy (talk) 07:17, 24 September 2015 (UTC)