Sample Results of a Digital Humanities Project on the Booker Prize in fiction
Uses Excel, MariaDB and Javascript.
Avg. # of Scholarly Pieces Written
Total | |
Non-Winners | 9.1 |
Winners | 53.9 |
Average | 14.4 |
Percentage of Female Authors
Total | |
Booker Non-Winners | 35.8% |
Booker Winners | 44.4% |
Grand Total | 36.8% |
The Englishness of Booker Prize Winners
Total | |
Booker Non-Winners | 43.3% |
Booker Winners | 33.3% |
Grand Total | 42.1% |
The Frequency of Historical Novels as Booker Winners
Total | |
Booker Non-Winners | 41.9% |
Booker Winners | 62.5% |
Grand Total | 44.3% |
English and Non-English Authors: Prevalence of Race as a Significant Theme
Total | |
Non-English | 25.00% |
English | 18.75% |
Grand Total | 22.37% |
Female and Male Authors Prevalence of Female Protagonists
Total | |
Male | 20.8% |
Female | 64.3% |
Grand Total | 36.8% |
Female and Male Authors Prevalence of Gender as a Significant Theme
Total | |
Male | 12.5% |
Female | 35.7% |
Grand Total | 21.1% |