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Cryptology
The Phi Distribution for Short English Texts |
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We take the next 26000 letters from The Fighting Chance,
see here, and chop it into chunks
a, b, c, d, ... of 26. Here is the
spreadsheet, and here are the results:
To get φ-values divide x-values in the graphic by 13 x 25 = 325.
Distribution of φ for 2000 English texts of 26 letters
Minimum: | 0.0227 | | | |
Median: | 0.0585 | | Mean value: | 0.0606 |
Maximum: | 0.1385 | | Standard dev: | 0.0154 |
1st quartile: | 0.0492 | | 5% quantile: | 0.0400 |
3rd quartile: | 0.0677 | | 95% quantile: | 0.0892 |
Author: Klaus Pommerening, 2013-Dec-20;
last change: 2014-Jan-23.