An Application Of The Fellegi-Sunter Model Of Record Linkage To The 1990 U.S. Decennial Census (1987)
| Venue: | U.S. Decennial Census”. Technical report, US Bureau of the Census |
| Citations: | 21 - 4 self |
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@INPROCEEDINGS{Winkler87anapplication,
author = {William E. Winkler and Yves Thibaudeau},
title = {An Application Of The Fellegi-Sunter Model Of Record Linkage To The 1990 U.S. Decennial Census},
booktitle = {U.S. Decennial Census”. Technical report, US Bureau of the Census},
year = {1987}
}
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This paper describes a methodology for computer matching the Post Enumeration Survey with the Census. Computer matching is the first stage of a process for producing adjusted Census counts. All crucial matching parameters are computed solely using characteristics of the files being matched. No a priori knowledge of truth of matches is assumed. No previously created lookup tables are needed. The methods are illustrated with numerical results using files from the 1988 Dress Rehearsal Census for which the truth of matches is known. Key words and phrases. EM Algorithm; String Comparator Metric; LP Algorithm; Decision Rule; Error Rate. 1. INTRODUCTION This paper describes a particular application of the Fellegi-Sunter (1969) model of record linkage. New computational methods are used for computer matching the Post Enumeration Survey (PES) with the Census. The PES is used to produce adjusted Census counts. Computer matching is the first stage of PES processing. All crucial matching paramete...
