Sentence-level words and phrases that predict skepticism vs. non-skepticism
The following metrics are from the logistic regression classifier's performance on the test set:
| Class | Precision | Recall | F1-Score | Support |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Non-skeptical | 0.935 | 0.839 | 0.885 | 671 |
| Skeptical | 0.452 | 0.695 | 0.548 | 128 |
| Overall Accuracy | 0.816 | 799 | ||
| Word/Phrase | English | Coefficient | Skeptical Count | Non-skeptical Count | p-value | q-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| λέγουσιν | they say | 6.3029 | 97 | 60 | 1.05e-40 | 1.05e-37 |
| λέγεται | it is said | 5.8880 | 54 | 16 | 1.44e-30 | 4.81e-28 |
| φασιν | they say | 5.4753 | 58 | 26 | 2.48e-28 | 6.2e-26 |
| φασὶν | they say | 4.1343 | 36 | 14 | 5.57e-19 | 9.28e-17 |
| λέγουσι | they say | 3.9258 | 48 | 31 | 6.18e-20 | 1.24e-17 |
| εἶναι | to be | 3.8217 | 126 | 162 | 9.47e-32 | 4.73e-29 |
| εἴτε | whether | 3.3629 | 13 | 1 | 4.69e-10 | 6.7e-08 |
| φασι | they say | 3.3328 | 19 | 9 | 6.7e-10 | 8.38e-08 |
| φασὶ | they say | 3.0825 | 17 | 10 | 3.19e-08 | 2.46e-06 |
| φασίν | they say | 2.3834 | 8 | 2 | 1.35e-05 | 0.000465 |
| ποιῆσαι | to make; to do | 2.2870 | 16 | 7 | 8.39e-09 | 7.63e-07 |
| ἐμοὶ | to me | 2.1642 | 19 | 19 | 9.71e-07 | 5.39e-05 |
| εἰ | if | 2.1429 | 26 | 41 | 5.53e-06 | 0.000252 |
| ἐγὼ | I | 2.1408 | 13 | 12 | 2.99e-05 | 0.000934 |
| δοκεῖν | to seem; to think | 2.1278 | 19 | 18 | 5.56e-07 | 3.27e-05 |
| οἶδα | I know | 2.1257 | 19 | 20 | 1.65e-06 | 8.25e-05 |
| διάφορα | various things | 2.0331 | 6 | 7 | 0.0105 | 0.13 |
| ἅιδου | of Hades | 1.9983 | 6 | 3 | 0.000879 | 0.0197 |
| ὡσ | as; like; how; that; when | 1.9564 | 97 | 261 | 1.69e-08 | 1.41e-06 |
| ὑπὸ | under; beneath; by (of agent) | 1.9165 | 86 | 232 | 1.44e-07 | 9.02e-06 |
| ὀστᾶ | bones | 1.8575 | 7 | 6 | 0.00167 | 0.0334 |
| οὐ | not | 1.8505 | 66 | 227 | 0.00227 | 0.0429 |
| ἄνδρα | man | 1.8098 | 17 | 22 | 4.05e-05 | 0.00123 |
| ταύτην | this one | 1.7870 | 27 | 45 | 7.96e-06 | 0.000319 |
| γενέσθαι | to become | 1.7731 | 46 | 76 | 3.35e-09 | 3.73e-07 |
| αὐτήν | her | 1.7277 | 8 | 10 | 0.00428 | 0.0691 |
| ἔχει | he/she/it has | 1.6114 | 17 | 65 | 0.25 | 0.688 |
| οὐδὲν | nothing | 1.5390 | 16 | 37 | 0.00921 | 0.123 |
| γε | at least | 1.5324 | 22 | 53 | 0.00335 | 0.0568 |
| ἐμοὶ δοκεῖν | in my opinion | 1.5306 | 16 | 16 | 7.14e-06 | 0.000298 |
| Word/Phrase | English | Coefficient | Skeptical Count | Non-skeptical Count | p-value | q-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| σφισιν | to them | -1.6886 | 9 | 102 | 0.013 | 0.144 |
| τούτοισ | to these | -1.2814 | 2 | 38 | 0.0782 | 0.434 |
| μὲν | on the one hand | -1.2522 | 136 | 769 | 0.383 | 0.839 |
| ἐστίν | is (he/she/it is) | -1.1562 | 0 | 33 | 0.00656 | 0.0924 |
| καὶ | and | -1.1494 | 381 | 2142 | 0.0541 | 0.371 |
| πλησίον | near; nearby; close (to); neighbor (as a noun) | -1.1232 | 7 | 67 | 0.1 | 0.453 |
| αὐτῆι | to her | -1.0950 | 3 | 34 | 0.259 | 0.689 |
| διʼ | through; by means of; because of; on account of | -1.0401 | 3 | 47 | 0.0521 | 0.367 |
| νῦν | now | -1.0201 | 5 | 48 | 0.163 | 0.569 |
| θάλασσαν | sea | -1.0170 | 3 | 43 | 0.102 | 0.458 |
| ἀθηναῖοι | Athenians | -0.9691 | 5 | 49 | 0.148 | 0.555 |
| ἔσχεν | he/she/it had | -0.9585 | 0 | 22 | 0.0377 | 0.288 |
| τότε | then; at that time | -0.9565 | 12 | 81 | 0.403 | 0.849 |
| ἦν | was | -0.9482 | 21 | 153 | 0.138 | 0.549 |
| καὶ τὰ | and the | -0.9439 | 4 | 56 | 0.0496 | 0.357 |
| ὁδὸν | road | -0.9432 | 2 | 31 | 0.152 | 0.557 |
| ἔτι | still; yet | -0.9013 | 20 | 165 | 0.0401 | 0.301 |
| χώραν | land | -0.8948 | 4 | 35 | 0.507 | 0.893 |
| λακεδαιμονίοισ | to the Lacedaemonians | -0.8907 | 0 | 19 | 0.0587 | 0.387 |
| αὐτίκα | immediately; at once | -0.8905 | 2 | 31 | 0.152 | 0.557 |
| θέασ | of a view | -0.8856 | 1 | 42 | 0.0102 | 0.13 |
| ἐσ τὸ | into the | -0.8713 | 11 | 99 | 0.0668 | 0.415 |
| ἕλληνεσ | Greeks | -0.8640 | 4 | 23 | 1 | 1 |
| δὲ ἦν | but he/she/it was | -0.8606 | 2 | 23 | 0.412 | 0.849 |
| λέσχεωσ | of the lounge | -0.8577 | 0 | 11 | 0.231 | 0.67 |
| δὲ τῆσ | but of the | -0.8388 | 4 | 50 | 0.0926 | 0.442 |
| μακεδόνων | of the Macedonians | -0.8376 | 1 | 35 | 0.0223 | 0.209 |
| ἐστι | is | -0.8367 | 21 | 163 | 0.0725 | 0.419 |
| διὰ τοῦτο | for this reason | -0.8285 | 1 | 17 | 0.339 | 0.78 |
| δὲ ἀπὸ | and from | -0.8234 | 2 | 25 | 0.297 | 0.742 |