ex2222: Emulating Jane Austen's Writing Style

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Emulating Jane Austen's Writing Style

Description

When she died in 1817, the English novelist Jane Austen had not yet finished the novel Sanditon, but she did leave notes on how she intended to conclude the book. The novel was completed by a ghost writer, who attempted to emulate Austen's style. In 1978, a researcher reported counts of some words found in chapters of books written by Austen and in chapters written by the emulator. These data are given in this data frame.

Usage

ex2222

Format

A data frame with 24 observations on the following 3 variables.

Count

Number of occurrences of a word in various chapters of books written by Jane Austen and the ghost writer

Book

Title of books used

Word

Words used

Source

Ramsey, F.L. and Schafer, D.W. (2002). The Statistical Sleuth: A Course in Methods of Data Analysis (2nd ed), Duxbury.

References

Morton, A.Q. (1978). Literary Detection: How to Prove Authorship and Fraud in Literature and Documents, Charles Scribner's Sons, New York.

Examples

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