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Two selection effects have been applied1,2 to the distribution of emission line redshifts of QSOs. However, since this hypothesis was proposed, emission-line redshift values have almost trebled. I report here a new analysis of 639 redshifts to discover whether they exhibit these selection effects for various values of peak width.
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BASU, D. Selection effects in redshift distribution of QSOs. Nature 273, 130–131 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1038/273130a0
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