gender_create_dictionary: Create a custom dictionary from fuzzy matches

In gendercoder: Recodes Sex/Gender Descriptions into a Standard Set

Create a custom dictionary from fuzzy matches

Description

gender_create_dictionary suggests dictionary entries for gender responses that are not already matched exactly. The returned named character vector is intended to be reviewed before it is combined with a built-in dictionary and passed to recode_gender().

Usage

gender_create_dictionary(
  gender,
  dictionary = gendercoder::manylevels_en,
  max_distance = 1
)

Arguments

gender	a character vector of gender responses for recoding
dictionary	a character vector whose names are known gender responses and whose values are replacement values
max_distance	maximum edit distance allowed for a suggested match

Value

a named character vector of suggested replacement values

Examples

suggested <- gender_create_dictionary(
  c("maile", "unknown"),
  dictionary = manylevels_en,
  max_distance = 1
)
suggested

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