[tools-yak@collab] guessing gender by analyzing text

[Eugene Eric Kim <eekim@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I recently ran across the Koppel-Argamon algorithm for guessing an
author's gender by analyzing text:    (01)

  http://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/10/magazine/10wwln-test.html    (02)

The algorithm was incredibly simple, so I decided to whip up a Perl
module, and play with it a bit.  I report my results on my blog:    (03)

  http://www.eekim.com/blog/tech/perl/gender.html    (04)

The brief summary: It doesn't work that well. :-)    (05)

-Eugene    (06)

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