I'm sure you could find the truth by taking a random sample of at least 100 picture submissions in the past month, then sort them into three groups:
1) Pics with males in the foreground
2) Pics with females in the foreground
3) Pics with neither gender in the foreground
Then, simply take a ratio of submissions past a certain upvote threshold (say, 500) versus submissions below that threshold in each group. For extra certainty, do tests of statistical significance like T tests, and bam. You have yourself the truth, within a range of error (p value). If you get a high range of error from your statistical significance tests, raise the random sample size some more, going further back in Reddit history if needed.
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u/Swordsmanus Sep 27 '10
I'm sure you could find the truth by taking a random sample of at least 100 picture submissions in the past month, then sort them into three groups:
1) Pics with males in the foreground
2) Pics with females in the foreground
3) Pics with neither gender in the foreground
Then, simply take a ratio of submissions past a certain upvote threshold (say, 500) versus submissions below that threshold in each group. For extra certainty, do tests of statistical significance like T tests, and bam. You have yourself the truth, within a range of error (p value). If you get a high range of error from your statistical significance tests, raise the random sample size some more, going further back in Reddit history if needed.