bisg: Performs Bayesian Improved Surname Geocoding

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" <doi:10.31235/osf.io/e854z>.

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AuthorAri Decter-Frain [aut] (<https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9635-3334>), Pratik Sachdeva [aut] (<https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6809-2437>), Rachel Carroll [aut, cre]
MaintainerRachel Carroll <rachelcarroll4@gmail.com>
LicenseGPL-3
Version0.1.0
URL https://github.com/RPVote/bisg
Package repositoryView on CRAN
Installation Install the latest version of this package by entering the following in R:
install.packages("bisg")

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bisg documentation built on July 26, 2023, 5:20 p.m.