Because gzip is being used to measure complexity. That’s literally the reason they used gzip and not, I don’t know, rot13. It’s an explanation of the causal role that gzip is playing in the whole process.
No.
“gzip is being used to measure complexity” is an explanation of the causal role that gzip is playing in this study.
“gzip is an approximation of KC” is either 1) flatly not true, see edit to grandparent or 2) not relevant to the study at all.
Because gzip is being used to measure complexity. That’s literally the reason they used gzip and not, I don’t know, rot13. It’s an explanation of the causal role that gzip is playing in the whole process.
No.
“gzip is being used to measure complexity” is an explanation of the causal role that gzip is playing in this study.
“gzip is an approximation of KC” is either 1) flatly not true, see edit to grandparent or 2) not relevant to the study at all.