Table 4.

ProBit analysis of newsPieces

News code	Standard deviation	Cummulative distribution function	Parameter of maximum likelihood	Probability of fakeness	Percentage probability of the news being GENUINE is	Genuineness verdict based on ProBit model	Probability of genuine-ness WITHOUT ProBit model(mean method) (%)
Tech101	23.33	9.84	1.7494	0.912	91.20	Genuine	100
Pol209	15.33	10.87	1.314	0.839	83.90	Genuine	66.67
GPol655	48	12.96	19.116	0.5	50	Non-determinable	50
Fnb897	− 44.66	22.05	− 1.547	0.083	8.30	Fake	0
Pol218	19	35.86	1.3937	0.887	88.70	Genuine	66.67
Pol256	32	24.65	1.051	0.835	83.50	Genuine	100
nCov332	2.33	0.47	45.61	0.5004	50.04	Genuine	50
NPol143	31.3	9.56	2.661	0.7411	74.11	Genuine	100
Tech241	− 36	8.485	− 0.044	0.2941	29.41	Non-determinable	33.33
PolEco892	39.33	14.63	1.818	0.9092	90.92	Non-determinable	100
Bol456	− 30.33	7.76	− 3.019	0.3476	34.76	Genuine	33.33
NPol082	20	16.32	0.921	0.82	82.00	Non-determinable	66.67
NPol214	28	10.70	2.099	0.8726	87.26	Genuine	100
nCov908	− 28	27.195	− 1.0159	0.1574	15.74	Fake	0
WPol132	40	16.33	2.8558	0.7433	74.33	Genuine	100
Edu823	50.4	21.66	2.238	0.8369	83.69	Genuine	100
Tech927	− 30.4	11.82	− 1.202	0.1201	12.01	Fake	0
WPol802	43.2	19.16	2.51	0.7982	79.82	Genuine	100
NCov019	33.2	20.99	1.735	0.9199	91.99	Genuine	100
PolEco324	36.4	25.56	1.789	0.9174	91.74	Genuine	100
NCov819	31	23.32	1.64	0.9177	91.77	Genuine	100
WPol004	22.25	15.10	1.7727	0.9143	91.43	Genuine	100
Eco615	− 36.25	12.55	− 3.134	− 0.3162	31.63	Non-determinable	33.33
Eco187	49	8.33	3.892	0.5384	53.84	Non-determinable	50
NCov521	34.5	8.64	5.346	0.5006	50.06	Non-determinable	50
WPoL90l	− 25.25	22.21	− 0.941	0.1782	17.82	Fake	0
WPol776	30.33	21.67	1.18	0.5031	50.31	Non-determinable	50
WPol562	43.33	20.22	1.618	0.9198	91.98	Genuine	100
WPolx905	30	16.16	3.002	0.7063	70.63	Genuine	83.33
WPol 812	34	23.4	0.952	0.8281	82.81	Genuine	83.33
NCov298	− 26.83	22.45	− 1.604	0.0785	7.85	Fake	0
NCov097	− 43	19.38	− 3.583	0.1285	12.85	Fake	0
Health128	36.57	16.72	3.25	0.939	93.90	Genuine	100
Health765	33.33	27.02	1.763	0.9626	96.26	Genuine	100
Sports523	− 58	13.85	− 4.164	0.3775	37.75	Non-determinable	33.33
WPol 124	34.28	18.28	3.589	0.7175	71.75	Genuine	100