title: Correlation of Anagram Solving to Transition Probability and Word Frequency.
abstract: A correlational analysis was performed to determine the relationship of anagram solving to both transition probability and word frequency. The results revealed that an index that combines solution-word and anagram transition probability by subtracting the latter from the former is significantly related to problem solution. Solution-word transition probability alone and the Thorndike-Lorge word count were both found to be uncorrelated to the solution of anagrams. A comparison of the Underwood-Schulz and Mayzner-Tresselt systems for calculating digram frequencies revealed that the two systems produced essentially comparable results except for the anagram transition probability variable where only the Mayzner-Tresselt system yielded a significant correlation.
authors.affiliation: a Herbert H. Lehman College of the City University of New York , USA.|b Brooklyn College of the City University of New York , USA.
authors.forename: Edward I
authors.initials: EI
authors.lastname: Gavurin
authors.affiliation: a Herbert H. Lehman College of the City University of New York , USA.|b Brooklyn College of the City University of New York , USA.
authors.forename: Charles
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Devito