Prettify some counter and dictionary outputs.

[kenalba]

Some functions, like find_gender_adj, return an unsorted dictionary with no lower bounds and no stop-word detection. Adding parameters to the function which make it return something more user-friendly (a sorted list of (word, count) tuples, maybe?) that cuts off at a given lower-end parameter would increase usability.

[kenalba]

We could also consider standardizing whether these functions return counters or dictionaries - and having a display function that returns something more parsable for the end user.

[shingkid]

Had a look at this issue and needed some clarification:

1. Why are 3 and 5 specifically used? Perhaps they should be extracted out as constants with names that are more explanatory?
   

   gender_analysis/gender_analysis/analysis/gender_adjective.py

   Lines 41 to 42 in ee1d41f

   	elif len(distances) <= 3:
   	lower_window_bound = 5

2. I don't think it's good practice to return a different type. Currently, the expected output is a dictionary but here a string "error message" is returned. Maybe raise an exception instead and return empty/null? Tiny thing - might want to simplify if not lower_window_bound >= 5: to if lower_window_bound < 5:.
   

   gender_analysis/gender_analysis/analysis/gender_adjective.py

   Lines 46 to 47 in ee1d41f

   	if not lower_window_bound >= 5:
   	return "lower window bound less than 5"

3. I might not have understood this part correctly, but it appears that in fact, it is always taken that lower_window_bound=5. Is that the desired behaviour?
   

   gender_analysis/gender_analysis/analysis/gender_adjective.py

   Lines 48 to 51 in ee1d41f

   	for l1, l2, l3, l4, l5, l6, l7, l8, l9, l10, l11 in windowed(text, 11):
   	l6 = l6.lower()
   	if not l6 in pronouns1:
   	continue

[shingkid]

Oh, just saw that @samimak37 created a related issue #119 that overlaps with some of the points I've raised above!

[MBJean]

Leaving a note on this issue: in the new proximity module (PR #159), I've standardized on using Counters as the return.

[MBJean]

Closing in favor of #170.