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Statistics, Shakespeare and authorship

February 14th, 2009

Students and academics have employed statistical analysis to prove or disprove authorship in several cases, with Shakespeare’s possible works being a common mark. However, in this case, a literary critic refuted the claim, by a statistician, that Shakespeare authored “A Funeral Elegy.” Score one for subjectivity!

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