lastname_us

The US lastname database was extracted from <code><a rd-options="randomNames:randomNamesData" href="/link/randomNamesData?package=sdglinkage&version=0.1.0&to=randomNames%3ArandomNamesData" data-mini-rdoc="randomNames:randomNamesData::randomNamesData">randomNamesData</a></code>.
Its origin is the US census.

datasets

A tool for synthetic data generation that can be used for linkage method
development, with elements of i) gold standard file with complete and accurate
information and ii) linkage files that are corrupted as we often see in raw dataset.

Haoyuan Zhang

sdglinkage

Synthetic Data Generation for Linkage Methods Development

lastname_us function

A data frame with 3 variables:<dl class="dl-horizontal">
<dt><code>lastname</code></dt><dd>last name</dd>
<dt><code>freq</code></dt><dd>probability of being named as <code>lastname</code> as a <code>sex</code> and is <code>race</code></dd>
<dt><code>race</code></dt><dd>1) American Indian or Native Alaskan, 2) Asian or Pacific Islander,
 3) Black (not Hispanic), 4) Hispanic, 5) White (not Hispanic) and
 6) Middle-Eastern, Arabic.</dd>.
</dl>

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The US lastname database was extracted from <code><a rd-options='randomNames:randomNamesData' href='randomNamesData'>randomNamesData</a></code>.
Its origin is the US census.

Last names in the US census. — lastname_us

A data frame with 3 variables:<dl class='dl-horizontal'>
<dt><code>lastname</code></dt><dd>last name</dd>
<dt><code>freq</code></dt><dd>probability of being named as <code>lastname</code> as a <code>sex</code> and is <code>race</code></dd>
<dt><code>race</code></dt><dd>1) American Indian or Native Alaskan, 2) Asian or Pacific Islander,
 3) Black (not Hispanic), 4) Hispanic, 5) White (not Hispanic) and
 6) Middle-Eastern, Arabic.</dd>.
</dl>

lastname_us: Last names in the US census.

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