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Proceedings of the New Zealand Ecological Society (1972) 19: 158 – 162

K. W. Duncan
  1. Department of Zoology, University of Canterbury, Christchurch
Abstract

A new index for contagion based on Taylor's Power Law is proposed. It is defined by D = 4/π arctan [log (variance)/log (mean)]-l. A method of calculating confidence limits for this index and the coefficient of dispersion is given.