Table 3. Gender prediction accuracy for the top sources of opinion.
Number of quotes | Error rate (false positives) | ||
---|---|---|---|
Total quotes by men | 140,156 | Error rate for men | 0.1% |
Quotes by men incorrectly identified | 147 | ||
Total quotes by women | 55,149 | Error rate for women | 0.2% |
Quotes by women incorrectly identified | 117 | ||
Overall error rate | 0.1% |