Inspired by an article and a test in The New York Times Magazine, the Gender Genie uses a simplified version of an algorithm developed by Moshe Koppel, Bar-Ilan University in Israel, and Shlomo Argamon, Illinois Institute of Technology, to predict the gender of an author. Read more at BookBlog, The New York Times, and The Guardian.I just tried it on my two most recent posts with more than 500 words:
(NOTE: The genie works best on texts of more than 500 words.)
The first one (private):
Words: 536
Female Score: 824
Male Score: 565
The Gender Genie thinks the author of this passage is: female!
The second one:
Words: 646
Female Score: 1133
Male Score: 1044
The Gender Genie thinks the author of this passage is: female!
I blog like a girl. Oh, the shock.
There are different settings for fiction, non-fiction, and blog posts.
(from http://scienceblogs.com/ethicsandscience/2007/04/do_i_blog_like_a_girl.php)
