This is a utility function for performing BISG. It operates on a voter file, and counts obtained from the Census Bureau via eiCompare's helper function.
compute_p_r_cond_s_g(
voter_file,
geo_counts,
surname_col,
geo_col,
surname_counts = NULL,
race_cols = c("whi", "bla", "his", "asi", "oth"),
geo_col_counts = "fips",
surname_col_counts = "surname"
)A tibble with rows denoting voters and columns denoting the probability that each voter is of a particular racial group.
A tibble containing a list of voters (by row), and a column that denotes their surname.
A tibble containing counts (divided amongst constituent groups) per geographic units (rows).
A string denoting which column contains the voter surname.
A string denoting which column contains the geographic unit ID.
A dataframe denoting the frequency with which surnames correspond to different race/ethnicities. If NULL, the Census surname list is used with categories and merging functions from wru. The dataframe should contain one column with surnames (specified with the y surname_col_counts parameter) and one column for each race/ethnicity group (specified with the race_cols parameter).
A list of strings denoting the columns containing racial groups.
A string denoting the column in the geo_counts tibble that refers to the geographic unit.
A string denoting the column in the surname_counts tibble that refers to the geographic unit.