bisg

Performs Bayesian Improved Surname Geocoding

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Performs Bayesian Improved Surname Geocoding (BISG) analysis to obtain probabilistic estimates of race based on surname and geolocation. This package can be used in tandem with the 'eiCompare' package. Methods implemented in this package are described in Decter-Frain, A., Sachdeva, P., Collingwood, L., Burke, J., Murayama, H., Barreto, M., … Zingher, J. (2022). "Comparing Methods for Estimating Demographics in Racially Polarized Voting Analyses" .

  • Version0.1.0
  • R version≥ 3.5.0
  • LicenseGPL-3
  • Needs compilation?No
  • Last release07/21/2023

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