Gender prediction methods based on first names with genderizeR

R Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 17-37

  Wais, Kamil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT   (Poland)

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EID: 85010403137     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.32614/rj-2016-002     Document Type: Article

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