tests/testthat/test-genderize.R

context("Genderize method")

single <- gender("leslie", method = "genderize")

failed <- gender("does not exist", method = "genderize")

test_that("a single name returns a data frame with the name, gender, and proportions", {
  expect_is(single, "data.frame")
  expect_that(names(single), equals(c("name", "gender", "proportion_female",
                                      "proportion_male")))
})

test_that("leslie is a female name according to genderize", {
  expect_that(single$gender, equals("female"))
})

test_that("genderize returns values of correct type", {
  expect_that(class(single$name), equals("character"))
  expect_that(class(single$gender), equals("character"))
  expect_that(class(single$proportion_female), equals("numeric"))
  expect_that(class(single$proportion_male), equals("numeric"))
})

test_that("genderize does not have an error with names that don't exist", {
  expect_is(failed, "data.frame")
  expect_equal(nrow(failed), 1)
  expect_equivalent(failed, tibble(name = "does not exist",
                                       gender = NA_character_,
                                       proportion_male = NA_real_,
                                       proportion_female = NA_real_))
})

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gender documentation built on Oct. 13, 2021, 5:08 p.m.