partition.names: Split a set of names into two subsets based on a rating

In aggloeckner/GerNameR: Collection of German names and validated associations

Description

Creates a median split based on a given rating. In addition a percentage of names to close to the median can be discarded. Also allows further splitting already selected subsets of names.

Usage

partition.names(split, discard = 0, subset = filter.names())

Arguments

split	The name of the rating on which the split should be performed
discard	The percentage of names too close to the median which should be discarded (default: 0, i.e. keep all names)
subset	An optional subset on which the split should be done. If this is left out, the split will be created on all names.

Value

An S3 object of class "names.split". The individual groups can be retrieved using the [] with the first index 1 for the first group or 2 for the second group.

Examples

# Split all names along the rating "Sex"
s <- partition.names(Sex)

# Female names
s[1]
# Male names
s[2]

# Same as before, but remove ambigous names (20%)
s <- partition.names(Sex, discard=0.2)

# Female names
s[1]
# Male names
s[2]

# First filter on Competence, then split according to Sex
n <- filter.names(Competence >= 0.5)
s <- partition.names(Sex, discard=0.2, subset=n)

# Female names
s[1]
# Male names
s[2]

aggloeckner/GerNameR documentation built on May 20, 2019, 8:01 p.m.