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Table 8 Hyperlink network asymmetries

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

 

Edges

Clust. coeff.

Edges ( M to M )

Edges ( M to W )

\(\boldsymbol{\chi^{2}}\) ( M to W )

Edges ( W to M )

Edges ( W to W )

\(\boldsymbol{\chi^{2}}\) ( W to W )

0-1900

        

Observed

584,879

0.16

93.10%

6.90%

0.20

69.47%

30.53%

67.25

Random

415,145

0.00

92.26%

7.74%

0.02

92.28%

7.72%

0.02

Small world

219,058

0.16

91.89%

8.11%

0.00

91.53%

8.47%

0.02

Degree sequence

584,879

0.00

90.22%

9.78%

0.37

90.25%

9.75%

0.35

1900-present

        

Observed

1,772,793

0.11

89.47%

10.53%

3.37

54.91%

45.09%

52.67

Random

1,052,299

0.00

83.15%

16.85%

0.03

83.21%

16.79%

0.04

Small world

647,524

0.11

82.51%

17.49%

0.00

82.48%

17.52%

0.00

Degree sequence

1,772,793

0.00

83.00%

17.00%

0.02

83.11%

16.89%

0.03

  1. Comparison of the empirical network and the null models. M refers to men and W to women. The networks have 109,529 nodes (pre-1900) and 323,762 nodes (1900-present). In both empirical networks the articles about women have more links to other women biographies than one would expect from the null models.