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Performs Bayesian Improved Surname Geocoding
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Install from CRAN:
install.packages("bisg")

Install from Github:
library("remotes")
install_github("cran/bisg")

Install by package version:
library("remotes")
install_version("bisg", "0.1.0")



Attach the package and use:
library("bisg")
Maintained by
Rachel Carroll
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First Published: 2023-07-21
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Description:
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" .
How to cite:
Rachel Carroll (2023). bisg: Performs Bayesian Improved Surname Geocoding. R package version 0.1.0, https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/bisg. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
Previous versions and publish date:
0.1.0 (2023-07-21 10:10)
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