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BISG

Perform BISG analysis on records to obtain probabilistic estimates of race. This package can be used in tandem with the eiCompare package.

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install.packages('bisg')

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0.1.0

License

GPL-3

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Maintainer

Rachel Carroll

Last Published

July 21st, 2023

Functions in bisg (0.1.0)

compute_p_r_cond_g

Computes the probability a person is of a specific racial group, conditioned on geographic unit.
compute_p_r_cond_s

Computes the probability a person is of a specific racial group, conditioned on surname.
get_census_race_counts

Gets Census race counts necessary for BISG.
swap_census_geography

Gets identifier for geographic unit at the level above the provided unit.
compute_p_g

Computes the probability a person is located in a specific geographic unit.
bisg

Performs Bayesian Improved Surname Geocoding(BISG)
compute_p_r_cond_s_g

Computes the probability a person is of a specific racial group, conditioned on surname and geolocation.
compute_bisg_err

Calculate error on the BISG output, given input probability distributions.
compute_p_g_cond_r

Computes the probability a person is in a specific geographic unit, conditioned on a racial group.
compute_product_err

Calculate error on the product of the terms in the numerator of the BISG estimate.