Suggestion 507 Probably wrong female gender

Date: 1 May 2016
Location: Worldwide
Surnames/tags: data_doctors db_error_507

Description of Error - 507: Probably wrong female gender

A person with this name statistically is female, but the gender is set as male. Either the gender is wrong, or the name is incorrect. If the name and gender are correct, set this error status as false.

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Suggestion 507 Probably Wrong Gender (Female)
Topic Video: Gender: Mr E or Ms Take?

Possible Causes

Wrong gender or name entered.

Action Steps

Change gender or set status as False error. And also add sources that prove the fact.

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Technical Stuff

In case of multiple names they are checked as one name, since order of the names is also important. Gender of a name is derived from database by sampling data.

• If name appears more than 50 times and 90-97% of persons with this name have female gender and more than 2% have male gender then gender probably is female
• If name appears more than 50 times and 70-90% of persons with this name have female gender and less than 2% have male gender then gender probably is female
• If name appears less than 50 times and 90-100% of persons with this name have female gender then gender probably is female
• If name appears less than 50 times and 70-90% of persons with this name have female gender and less than 10% have male gender then gender probably is female
• If name is classified as bisexual or unsure and consists of multiple name, then if all names are definitely male/female, then gender is probably male/female.

So with entering missing names and correcting false genders, quality of finding wrong gender increases.

Here you can explore gender assignment for any first name.

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