Mosteller-Wallace study
Definition
The 1964 statistical analysis by Frederick Mosteller and David Wallace that attributed all twelve disputed Federalist Papers to Madison using function-word frequency distributions. The study is the founding empirical demonstration of function-word-based stylometry.
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- Disputed Authorship in Literature and HistoryThe 1964 statistical analysis by Frederick Mosteller and David Wallace that attributed all twelve disputed Federalist Papers to Madison using function-word fre...