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Table 5 Linguistic bias

From: Women through the glass ceiling: gender asymmetries in Wikipedia

 

% in men

% in women

\(\boldsymbol{\chi^{2}}\)

w

% change

Abstract positive

27.96

25.53

933.7∗∗∗

0.04

8.69

Abstract negative

13.47

13.69

6.26∗∗

0.005

−1.62

  1. Comparison of the ratios of abstract terms among positive and negative terms for men and women. Slightly more abstract terms are used for positive aspects in men’s biographies, while slightly more abstract terms are used for negative aspects in women’s biographies. ∗∗∗: p<0.001, ∗∗: p<0.01.
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