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genderizeR (version 1.1.0)

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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1.1.0

License

MIT + file LICENSE

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Maintainer

Kamil Wais

Last Published

April 22nd, 2015

Functions in genderizeR (1.1.0)

titles

Titles sample
genderizePredict

Geder prredicting function
genderizeBootstrapError

Gender prediction errors on bootstrap samples
givenNamesDB_authorships

Gender data for authorship sample
genderizeAPI

Getting data from genderize.io API
genderize

Predicting gender for character strings.
authorships

Authorships sample
textPrepare

Preparing text vector for gender prediction
findGivenNames

Getting gender prediction data for a given text vector.
classificatonErrors

Calculating classification errors and other prediction indicators
givenNamesDB_titles

Gender data for titles sample
numberOfNames

Number of names in the database.
genderizeTrain

Training genderize function
genderizeR

Gender Prediction Based on First Names