Measuring and Avoiding Pitfalls in the Application of Bayesian Improved Surname and Geocoding Estimation of Race

• In Event: Computational Methods: New Approaches and Applications

Brief Overview

We analyze application and racial assignment errors which can bias the racial estimates related to Bayesian Improved Surname Geocoding.

Authors

• Tyler Scott Steelman, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

• John Alexander Curiel, Ohio Northern University

• Jesse Clark, Princeton University