Re: Distribution of a vowel on the page

"Graham Jones" <x@xxx> wrote in
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"David Winsemius" <doe_snot@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Richard Ulrich <Rich.Ulrich@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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If there were a positive correlation (consecutive repetitions),
the distribution, if otherwise Poisson, would be over-dispersed
(variance too large for the mean). Since there is a negative
correlation, it will be under-dispersed.

Why should the vowel count of one line be dependent on the vowel
count in a prior line?


You seem to be missing Richard's point, which is about lack of
independence within words affecting the *variance* of the
vowel-per-line counts. For example, suppose that all lines contain 10
words, and that all words contain 5 letters and either 1 or 2 vowels.

Please explain to us why your supposition has any connection with real
text. If that were true. it might be interesting....but is it?

--
David Winsemius

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