Session 9b: Introduction to Probabilistic Record Linking

Lecture Notes (powerpoint) (PDF)

Assigned Readings
- Fellegi and Suntner, “A Theory for Record Linkage,” JASA, 1969
- Winkler, William, “Record Linkage Software and Methods for Merging Administrative Lists.” 7/23/2001
- Abowd, John and Lars Vilhuber, “The Sensitivity of Economic Statistics to Coding Errors in Personal Identifiers.”
Assigned Tasks

Background Readings and Materials

William Winkler, William Yancey and Edward Porter, lectures given at Census Bureau

Winkler (1995), “Matching and Record Linkage,” in B.G. Cox et. al. (ed.), Business Survey Methods, New York, J. Wiley, 355-384

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