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MethodsExploratory/confirmatory splitConfirmation tests of S-006 candidates on the held-back half
Method · exploratory/confirmatory split

Confirmation tests of S-006 candidates on the held-back half

Exploratory/confirmatory splitVersion 1.0Licence MIT9 runsUsed on 1 mystery

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Runs and results 9 runs · 6 shown

RunMysteryMeasuredResultAgainstDate
RUN-247VoynichMean context similarity of word pairs sharing only their first glyph vs only their last (half C)prefix 0.205 vs ending 0.197 (4252 / 11629 pairs)Latin first letter 0.118 vs last 0.12622 Oct
RUN-246VoynichRepeat rate of whole-line class templates / line-initial class pairs vs words shuffled within page (half C; classes learned on half E)lines 0.008 vs 0.007 (z 0.6); heads 0.917 vs 0.908 (z 9.0)Latin: lines z 2.2 · heads z 2.522 Oct
RUN-245VoynichShare of 1-2 glyph words by section, half C (recipe reading predicts recipes > herbal)B 0.104; C 0.132; H 0.134; P 0.108; S 0.093; T 0.11022 Oct
RUN-244VoynichShare of ol-initial words by section (v0.1 M-03 predicted astronomical and balneological highest), half CB 0.086; C 0.053; H 0.024; P 0.040; S 0.042; T 0.05922 Oct
RUN-243VoynichMI(first glyph; section) as a share of MI(word; section), half C0.094Latin first letter 0.03322 Oct
RUN-242VoynichHerbal pages (half C): first word unique to its page vs rest of first line0.71 vs 0.31 (n 62)Latin same layout 0.18 vs 0.2422 Oct

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2 datasetsExploration split, ZL3b transcription
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