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Table 3 Big Five personality prediction accuracies and average number of rows in inter-subject tests

From: Predicting the Big Five personality traits from handwriting

Type of training samples

Type of test samples

Number of subjects involved in training

Recognition rate (%)—Openness to Experience

Recognition rate (%)—Conscientiousness

Recognition rate (%)—Extraversion

Recognition rate (%)—Agreeableness

Recognition rate (%)—Neuroticism

Recognition rate (%)—Overall (Undefined excluded)

Average % of cases where personality traits were Undefined

Average number of handwritten rows analyzed until the neural network converges to a result

C*

C*

64

86.3 ± 0.15

78.3 ± 0.2

84.4 ± 0.15

77.3 ± 0.2

83.4 ± 0.15

82.1 ± 0.15

0.6

12

C*

C*

96

87.2 ± 0.12

79.1 ± 0.15

85.4 ± 0.12

77.7 ± 0.15

84.4 ± 0.12

82.7 ± 0.12

0.4

11

C*

C*

127

88.6 ± 0.1

80.4 ± 0.12

87.1 ± 0.05

79.6 ± 0.12

86.3 ± 0.05

84.5 ± 0.1

0.3

10

R*

R*

64

74.4 ± 0.25

67.3 ± 0.3

73.3 ± 0.2

65.6 ± 0.3

72.3 ± 0.2

70.6 ± 0.2

9

20

R*

R*

96

76.5 ± 0.22

68.6 ± 0.3

75.4 ± 0.2

67.8 ± 0.25

75.5 ± 0.17

72.7 ± 0.17

5

18

R*

R*

127

78.6 ± 0.2

70.7 ± 0.22

77.4 ± 0.15

69.9 ± 0.2

76.7 ± 0.15

74.8 ± 0.17

3

16

C*

R*

127

86.7 ± 0.12

78.6 ± 0.17

85.6 ± 0.12

77.6 ± 0.15

84.4 ± 0.12

80.5 ± 0.1

0.6

12

R*

C*

127

80.7 ± 0.25

73.4 ± 0.25

79.7 ± 0.17

72.2 ± 0.25

79.1 ± 0.17

76.7 ± 0.17

3

16

C* + R*

C* + R*

127

86.65 ± 0.1

77.4 ± 0.1

84.2 ± 0.05

76.7 ± 0.1

83.1 ± 0.05

81.3 ± 0.07

0.4

11

  1. C* controlled, R* random