Data and Graphs
Total Number of Actions Executed by Each Gender
We begin the analysis of our research with this first graph portraying the number of actions taken on by
each gender.
The graph applies to the collection of stories we analyzed as a whole. We also decided to include a separate
category
for Holmes and Watson, separate from the male category, since they play such a large role in each of the
stories. Their
roles as main characters nearly guarantee both characters a great deal of agency, so it would not be far to
count them
with the rest of the male characters, especially in comparison to the female category which does not include
any recurring
main characters.
As we show in our chart, we found that men commit about twice as many actions than females over the course of the nine stories
we analyzed. Holmes and Watson commit less than men, but still more than women.
Total Word Count Spoken By Each Gender
Next, we have utilized our data to create a graph conveying the total spoken word count of each gender over
the course of
multiple stories. Again, we have placed Holmes and Watson in their own category since they, as main
characters, are almost
guaranteed many lines of dialogue. We have decided to use word count rather than merely counting the number
of quotes from
each gender because it is not uncommon to read long paragraphs of dialogue from a character; however, these
paragraphs would
only count as one quote, which is not giving the character as much credit for their agency as they deserve,
especially in
comparison to a character who may speak multiple times but only answers in short responses.
As the chart shows, Holmes and Watson have the highest word count. This is irreleveant to our conclusion
though.
Instead we should focus on the apparent stark difference between male and female word count. The analysis
has
determined that men spoke almost four times as many words as the female characters.
31.2% 8.5% 60.3%Quote word count
Men: 16,181
Sherlock and Watson: 31,290
Average Number of Actions Executed by Each Member of Each Gender
Finally, this graph displays the average number of actions done by each female, as well as for each male. We
did not include
Holmes and Watson in this graph because their data is not relevant to the graph or our research question,
and may, in fact,
throw it off. The average number of actions done by each character of each gender was found by taking the
numbers seen in the
first graph, (the total number of actions executed by all characters of each gender over the course of
multiple stories), and
dividing it by the number of characters presented of each gender.
Because of the number of total actions committed, it was no surpise when our graphs determined that men committed
more actions than females.