Use the normalised frequencies (per 1000 words from the Wordsmith dispersion plot).
But I think the questions have asked so far in other threads indicate that you need to have more background knowledge of MF/MD to undertake the research you are doing. I understand it is hard to get Biber's 1988 book. But here are some sources available-
1) An overview of Biber 1988 approach: http://forum.corpus4u.org/upload/forum/2006040723233361.pdf
Source: Biber, D. 1995. ‘On the role of computational, statistical, and interpretive techniques in multi-dimensional analysis of register variation: A reply to Watson’. Text 15/3: 341-370.
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