3 papers
stat.ME2026
Designing Ambiguity-Aware Clerical Review: A Stratified Sampling Framework for Record Linkage and Deduplication
Joseph Lam, Amaia Imaz Blanco, Efrosini Setakis +6
Clerical review of candidate record pairs remains the de facto gold standard for evaluating record linkage, but it is resource-intensive and often designed informally. We propose a…
stat.ME2026
Cluster-based name embeddings reduce ethnic disparities in record linkage quality under realistic name corruption: evidence from the North Carolina Voter Registry
Joseph Lam, Mario Cortina-Borja, Rob Aldridge +2
Differential ethnic-based record linkage errors can bias epidemiologic estimates. Prior evidence often conflates heterogeneity in error mechanisms with unequal exposure to error. U…
stat.ME2025
A comparison of the Alkire-Foster method and a Markov random field approach in the analysis of multidimensional poverty
Joseph Lam
Multidimensional poverty measurement is crucial for capturing deprivation beyond income-based metrics. This study compares the Alkire-Foster (AF) method and a Markov Random Field (…