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get_gender_for_name
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| def get_gender_for_name(name) | |
| freq_female = female_data(name) || 0 | |
| freq_male = male_data(name) || 0 | |
| factor = 1 / (freq_female + freq_male) | |
| # 0.9 is our chosen level of significance | |
| if (freq_female * factor > 0.9) return "female" | |
| if (freq_male * factor > 0.9) return "male" | |
| return "unknown" | |
| end |
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