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genderizeR (version 1.0.0)

Gender Prediction Based on First Names

Description

Utilizes the genderize.io API to predict gender from first names extracted from a text vector. The accuracy of prediction could be controlled by two parameters: counts of a first name in the database and probability of prediction.

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install.packages('genderizeR')

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1.0.0

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MIT + file LICENSE

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Maintainer

Kamil Wais

Last Published

February 9th, 2015

Functions in genderizeR (1.0.0)

genderizeBootstrapError

Gender prediction errors on bootstrap samples
givenNamesDB_titles

Gender data for titles sample
authorships

Authorships sample
textPrepare

Preparing text vector for gender prediction
genderizePredict

Geder prredicting function
titles

Titles sample
genderizeTrain

Training genderize function
genderize

Predicting gender for character strings.
givenNamesDB_authorships

Gender data for authorship sample
genderizeAPI

Getting data from genderize.io API
numberOfNames

Number of names in the database.
findGivenNames

Getting gender prediction data for a given text vector.
classificatonErrors

Calculating classification errors and other prediction indicators
genderizeR

Gender Prediction Based on First Names