API result differences for full name vs first + last name

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Scripts I used for my analysis of gender equality in computer science publications.

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API result differences for full name vs first + last name #5

Closed LiFaytheGoblin closed 5 years ago

LiFaytheGoblin commented 5 years ago

Feeding a a first and last name to the API returns slightly better results for names with scores up to (including 3) than feeding the full name to the API. Why is this? Should I believe the results with the higher score? Or is one API call "better" than the other?

LiFaytheGoblin commented 5 years ago

Answer (from NamSor): They have different ways of categorizing. In genderal feeding first and last name to the API is better, especially if giving the geographic context. Unfortunately the scores are not normed so they can not really be compared.