M7: Record Linkage

This fifth module provides an introduction to record linkage.

Pre-recorded Lectures

The lectures on decision trees will be done in the live sessions this week. However, there might be some follow up videos provided later this week to cover anything missed or bonus videos related to the group project.

Resources

• Notes on Record Linkage presented in classs

• A Theory For Record Linkage by Ivan Fellegi and Alan Sunter

• Detaled discussion of Levenshtein Distance

• Useful book: Big Data and Social Science: A Practical Guide to Methods and Tools (Chapman & Hall/CRC Statistics in the Social and Behavioral Sciences) by Foster, Ghani et al. On reserve in Regenstein for the quarter. See Chapter #3 on Record Linkage.

Zoom Sessions

You will find the links to the Zoom sessions on Canvas.

• Week 7

  • Wednesday, February 24th: Record Linkage (Lecture)

  • Friday, February 26th: Record Linkage(cont., Q&A)

Programming Assignment

Programming Assignment #5, due Saturday, March 6th at 9pm CDT