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AUTHOR SWITCH. The modern cover of The Royal Book of Oz lists Ruth Plumly Thompson, not L. Frank Baum, as the author. A new mathematical analysis supports that attribution


DISTINCT STYLES. Points representing texts by L. Frank Baum (black dots) are far separated from those of texts by Ruth Plumly Thompson (open circles). A statistical analysis places the disputed volume, The Royal Book of Oz (hearts), in Thompson's half of the plane. It correctly classifies Glinda of Oz (clubs), the last book indisputably written by Baum, in his half.

1 posted on 04/18/2005 6:08:54 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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just forwarded this to my daughter, as she is taking statistics , and read all the Frank Baum Books when she was small.


3 posted on 04/18/2005 6:13:20 PM PDT by AmericanMade1776
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I suppose now they will be trying this on the Bible.


4 posted on 04/18/2005 6:17:33 PM PDT by Fitzcarraldo
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Self Ping for later.


5 posted on 04/18/2005 6:19:14 PM PDT by LTCJ
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To: nickcarraway

This is interesting. Thanks -- good post.


7 posted on 04/18/2005 6:22:22 PM PDT by 68skylark
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So can they tell if Shakespeare or Bacon wrote the plays?

Should be more than enough text around.


9 posted on 04/18/2005 6:29:31 PM PDT by Restorer
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All you Freepers out there who are posting under nine different screennames . . . WE KNOW WHO YOU ARE, BWAHAHAhahahaha!!
10 posted on 04/18/2005 6:34:41 PM PDT by LibWhacker
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Interesting. Thanks. (It's a good thing this post is too short for them to track down my stylistic attributes).


11 posted on 04/18/2005 6:49:31 PM PDT by Socratic (Ignorant and free? It's not to be. - T. Jefferson (paraphrase))
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To: nickcarraway

Interesting-bump.


12 posted on 04/18/2005 6:50:40 PM PDT by ellery (Concentrated power has always been the enemy of liberty. - Ronald Reagan)
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