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Table 6 Likelihood ratios [LR] of token words by demographic groups

From: Evaluation of bias and gender/racial concordance based on sentiment analysis of narrative evaluations of clinical clerkships using natural language processing

More Likely for Male

More Likely for Female

Word

LR

Word

LR

smart

0.36

willing

1.71

much

0.37

active

1.642558

fantastic

0.43

how

1.49

confident

0.57

most

1.43

short

0.60

professional

1.40

wonderful

0.61

oral

1.38

complicated

0.62

patient

1.34

nice

0.62

clear

1.32

future

0.67

comfortable

1.30

complex

0.67

solid

1.30

More Likely for Hispanic or Latino

More Likely for Not Hispanic or Latino

Word

LR

Word

LR

interested

0.24

easy

4.07

motivated

0.28

high

3.66

concise

0.39

confident

2.95

most

0.40

insightful

2.85

clinical

0.41

how

2.72

other

0.41

3rd

2.52

physical

0.47

actively

2.38

when

0.48

hard

2.21

oral

0.49

nice

2.19

own

0.50

pleasant

2.09

More Likely for Asian

More Likely for Not Asian

Word

LR

Word

LR

limited

0.70

sure

2.07

3rd

0.72

only

1.86

future

0.73

important

1.82

kind

0.73

especially

1.81

complete

0.76

helpful

1.71

patient

0.77

impressed

1.57

clear

0.78

so

1.54

active

0.80

short

1.52

attentive

0.80

early

1.51

compassionate

0.80

new

1.46

More Likely for White

More Likely for Not White

Word

LR

Word

LR

sure

0.36

future

1.72

insightful

0.39

complete

1.68

only

0.55

limited

1.58

easy

0.56

concise

1.47

important

0.57

strong

1.39

many

0.57

accurate

1.34

high

0.65

confident

1.33

impressed

0.68

just

1.33

helpful

0.69

third

1.33

efficient

0.70

patient

1.30