Linking data file data with 10000 records and 5 variables.

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Perform a 'probabilistic' linkage of two data files using a scaling procedure using the methods described in Goldstein, H., Harron, K. and Cortina-Borja, M. (2017) <doi:10.1002/sim.7287>.

Chris Charlton

Scalelink

Create Scale Linkage Scores

Harvey Goldstein

LDF function

A data frame with 10000 observations on the following 5 variables:<dl class="dl-horizontal">
 <dt><code>id</code></dt><dd>Record Identifier (not used for linking).</dd>
 <dt><code>Day</code></dt><dd>Day of Week.</dd>
 <dt><code>Month</code></dt><dd>Month of Year.</dd>
 <dt><code>Year</code></dt><dd>Year.</dd>
 <dt><code>Sex</code></dt><dd>Gender: with codes <code>1</code> Male and <code>2</code> Female.</dd>
</dl>

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Linking data file — LDF

A data frame with 10000 observations on the following 5 variables:<dl class='dl-horizontal'>
 <dt><code>id</code></dt><dd>Record Identifier (not used for linking).</dd>
 <dt><code>Day</code></dt><dd>Day of Week.</dd>
 <dt><code>Month</code></dt><dd>Month of Year.</dd>
 <dt><code>Year</code></dt><dd>Year.</dd>
 <dt><code>Sex</code></dt><dd>Gender: with codes <code>1</code> Male and <code>2</code> Female.</dd>
</dl>

LDF: Linking data file

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