Function reference • birdie

Estimating Racial Disparities

Functions to estimate the distribution of an outcome by race.

birdie(): Fit BIRDiE Models

coef(<birdie>) fitted(<birdie>) residuals(<birdie>) predict(<birdie>) simulate(<birdie>) plot(<birdie>) tidy(<birdie>) glance(<birdie>) augment(<birdie>) formula(<birdie>) family(<birdie>) nobs(<birdie>) vcov(<birdie>) print(<birdie>) summary(<birdie>): Class "birdie" of BIRDiE Models

birdie.ctrl(): Control of BIRDiE Model Fitting

disparities(): Compute Racial Disparities from Model Estimates

est_weighted() print(<est_weighted>) summary(<est_weighted>): Calculate Weighted Estimate of (Discrete) Outcomes By Race

Impute Individual Race

Functions to perform Bayesian Improved Surname Geocoding, to estimate the probability of an individual belonging to different racial groups.

bisg() bisg_me() summary(<bisg>) predict(<bisg>) simulate(<bisg>): Bayesian Improved Surname Geocoding (BISG)

Prepare and Preprocess Data

Functions to download Census data and process names and geographic identifiers.

census_race_geo_table(): Download Census Race Data

proc_zip() proc_state() proc_name(): Preprocess Last Names and Geographic Identifiers

Data and Miscellaneous

Example data and miscellaneous helper functions.

pseudo_vf: A pseudo-voterfile

cat_dir() cat_mixed(): BIRDiE Complete-Data Model Families

p_r_natl(): National Racial Demographics