Forensic Analysis Results Index.

This page looks at the results from the various tests that have been performed on the bowdlerised text.

As more sets of results come in, I will post them here. As the analysis takes some time, it may be a matter of months before most analytical methods have been used on the text. It will be intersting to find out the level of consistency between the more and less sophisticated methods.

Corel WordPerfect is freely available and has the Grammatik grammer checker which gives statistics, as does the grammar checker for Lotus Word Pro 97 which is bundled as part of smart suite - many do not. In addition, simplet methods may be used such as measuring the proprtion of given words. Automatic Grammar checking and word ratios are computer based and are mechanical and rely upon there being enough of a sample to make them reliable - whole texts can be shown to have the same or different ratios as other texts and lead to clues about their authorship. In addition, they do not take into account the choice of words to express anything.

Choice of words can distinguish between authors and, where a text is on the short side may have the edge over the mechanical methods. Styles do change over a long period of time but it must be remembered that in the case of this document, we know that it was written only in a few weeks - not enough time for anything to change significantly.

E-mail me with your answers stating what you do for a living (student, writer, university professor and so on) and where in the world you are from (town, district and country will do). I will publish the results - not any names. I look forward to hearing from you.

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