voters

An example dataset containing voter file information.

datasets

Predicts individual race/ethnicity using surname, first name,
middle name, geolocation, and other attributes, such as gender and
age. The method utilizes Bayes' Rule (with optional measurement error
correction) to compute the posterior probability of each racial
category for any given individual. The package implements methods
described in Imai and Khanna (2016) "Improving Ecological Inference by
Predicting Individual Ethnicity from Voter Registration Records"
Political Analysis <DOI:10.1093/pan/mpw001> and Imai, Olivella, and
Rosenman (2022) "Addressing census data problems in race imputation
via fully Bayesian Improved Surname Geocoding and name supplements"
<DOI:10.1126/sciadv.adc9824>. The package also incorporates the data
described in Rosenman, Olivella, and Imai (2023) "Race and ethnicity
data for first, middle, and surnames"
<DOI:10.1038/s41597-023-02202-2>.

Brandon Bertelsen

Who are You? Bayesian Prediction of Racial Category Using
Surname, First Name, Middle Name, and Geolocation

Kabir Khanna

Santiago Olivella

Evan Rosenman

Alexander Rossell Hayes

Kosuke Imai

voters function

A data frame with 10 rows and 12 variables:<dl>
<dt>VoterID</dt>
<dd>Voter identifier (numeric)</dd><dt>surname</dt>
<dd>Surname</dd><dt>state</dt>
<dd>State of residence</dd><dt>CD</dt>
<dd>Congressional district</dd><dt>county</dt>
<dd>Census county (three-digit code)</dd><dt>first</dt>
<dd>First name</dd><dt>last</dt>
<dd>Last name or surname</dd><dt>tract</dt>
<dd>Census tract (six-digit code)</dd><dt>block</dt>
<dd>Census block (four-digit code)</dd><dt>precinct</dt>
<dd>Voting precinct</dd><dt>place</dt>
<dd>Voting place</dd><dt>age</dt>
<dd>Age in years</dd><dt>sex</dt>
<dd>0=male, 1=female</dd><dt>party</dt>
<dd>Party registration (character)</dd><dt>PID</dt>
<dd>Party registration (numeric)</dd>#' 
</dl>

Format

Example voter file. — voters

A data frame with 10 rows and 12 variables:<dl>
<dt>VoterID</dt>
<dd>Voter identifier (numeric)</dd>

<dt>surname</dt>
<dd>Surname</dd>

<dt>state</dt>
<dd>State of residence</dd>

<dt>CD</dt>
<dd>Congressional district</dd>

<dt>county</dt>
<dd>Census county (three-digit code)</dd>

<dt>first</dt>
<dd>First name</dd>

<dt>last</dt>
<dd>Last name or surname</dd>

<dt>tract</dt>
<dd>Census tract (six-digit code)</dd>

<dt>block</dt>
<dd>Census block (four-digit code)</dd>

<dt>precinct</dt>
<dd>Voting precinct</dd>

<dt>place</dt>
<dd>Voting place</dd>

<dt>age</dt>
<dd>Age in years</dd>

<dt>sex</dt>
<dd>0=male, 1=female</dd>

<dt>party</dt>
<dd>Party registration (character)</dd>

<dt>PID</dt>
<dd>Party registration (numeric)</dd>

#' 
</dl>

voters: Example voter file.

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