The Effects of Standardizing Names for Record Linkage
Evidence from the United States and Norway
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11253268 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rebecca Vick (University of Minnesota, corresponding author), Lap Huynh (University of Minnesota) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 15-24 |
| Publication date | 2011-01-31 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Historical Methods A Journal of Quantitative and Interdisciplinary History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0161-5440 • E-ISSN: 1940-1906 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/01615440.2010.514849 |
| OpenAlex | W2089932567 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
| References cited | 3 |
Standardizing name strings before searching for links is common practice during record linkage and is generally believed to increase the size and quality of linked data sets. In this article, the authors quantify the impact of name standardization on historical record linkage, using data from nineteenth-century censuses of the United States and Norway as test cases
Biology · Data quality · Genealogy · Geography · Linguistics · Linkage (software · Norwegian · Operations management · Political science · Quality (philosophy · Record linkage · Sociology · Standardization · Data Quality and Management · Demography · Engineering · History · Law · Library Science and Information Systems · Genetics
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| Citations per year | 0.8 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2011 - 2026 (16) |
| Highly cited | No |