absolut_alexis
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It is too bad that this book is so expensive that it is not really accessible to everyone (it is $90!), but Forensic Linguistics by Gerald McMenamin has an excellent Ramsey section, even though I ultimately disagree with him because he says Patsy Ramsey is excluded as the writer. However, in his limitations of findings, he writes:
"There are two known limitations of the data, the request writings produced just after the first one are not from dictation, making conscious manipulation of the reference sample possible, and not all of the variables occur in Mrs. Ramsey's nonrequest writings. Two additional limitations relate to the frequency estimate of the patterned stylistic profile of the questioned letter: one is that qualitative analysis does not take into account the possibility of attempted disguise; another is that the corpus of baseline writing used is from Colorado writers, and the questioned writer may not be from Colorado (e.g. the Ramseys)." (p. 205)
If it is possible to upload a small exerpted scan of his chart from page 185, I'll do that.
"There are two known limitations of the data, the request writings produced just after the first one are not from dictation, making conscious manipulation of the reference sample possible, and not all of the variables occur in Mrs. Ramsey's nonrequest writings. Two additional limitations relate to the frequency estimate of the patterned stylistic profile of the questioned letter: one is that qualitative analysis does not take into account the possibility of attempted disguise; another is that the corpus of baseline writing used is from Colorado writers, and the questioned writer may not be from Colorado (e.g. the Ramseys)." (p. 205)
If it is possible to upload a small exerpted scan of his chart from page 185, I'll do that.
poco said:I am sure this has probably been done 9,000 times, but would someone please post a copy of the original Ransom note compared to Patsy Ramsey's RIGHT AND LEFT handed comparisons.
I know it is somewhere to be found, but I can't find it......... or email it to me and we can delete the thread, unless you guys want to discuss it.....