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Gender Genie

Suresh S [PersonRank 10]

Thursday, August 16, 2007
16 years ago3,308 views

Do you want to know your gender as an author to a blog.
http://bookblog.net/gender/genie.php

Ionut Alex. Chitu [PersonRank 10]

16 years ago #

You need very long texts to draw some conclusions and the accuracy is 70-80%. The algorithm uses some simple facts obtained from many texts, like the fact that some words are more frequently used by men/women.

fiction
men – a, the, as
women – she, for, with, not

non-fiction
men – that, one
women – for, with, not, and, in

Suresh S [PersonRank 10]

16 years ago #

whats ur gender? Ionut

Ionut Alex. Chitu [PersonRank 10]

16 years ago #

I don't think the test is relevant for non-native English speakers.

Philipp Lenssen [PersonRank 10]

16 years ago #

I took my post on Google Health screenshots:

<<Words: 305
(NOTE: The genie works best on texts of more than 500 words.)

Female Score: 202
Male Score: 440

The Gender Genie thinks the author of this passage is: male!>>

Tony Ruscoe [PersonRank 10]

16 years ago #

This has been around for ages...

http://ruscoe.net/blog/2003/09/gender-genie.asp

Thankfully, four years on, I still write like a male.

Ionut Alex. Chitu [PersonRank 10]

16 years ago #

<<
Words: 219

Female Score: 239
Male Score: 241

The Gender Genie thinks the author of this passage is: male!
>>

Zim [PersonRank 10]

16 years ago #

Words: 97
(NOTE: The genie works best on texts of more than 500 words.)

Female Score: 68
Male Score: 174

The Gender Genie thinks the author of this passage is: male!

It works. Someone please put a excerpt from the bible, and tell us the answer. Lets start a controversy!

Suresh S [PersonRank 10]

16 years ago #

i tested with matt cutts blog

Words: 293
(NOTE: The genie works best on texts of more than 500 words.)

Female Score: 227
Male Score: 560

The Gender Genie thinks the author of this passage is: male!

a pdf document given details about algol.

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