editMatch {RecordLinkage}

Edit Matching Status

Description

Allows editing the matching status of record pairs.

Usage

editMatch(rpairs)

Arguments

rpairs

A "RecLinkData" or "RLBigData" object. The record pairs to edit.

Details

This function pops up an editor (via edit) where each record pair in rpairs is printed in two consecutive lines, pairs separated by blank lines. The matching status is printed and can be edited in the last column following the first respective record. A match is denoted by 1, a non-match by 0. NAs are possible to mark pairs with unknown status. Changes in other fields are ignored.

Manual editing of the matching status is useful for clerical review in general and in particular to label training sets. In conjunction with getMinimalTrain, good results can be obtained with a manageable effort of manual review.

Value

A copy of rpairs with edited matching status.

Author(s)

Andreas Borg

See Also

getMinimalTrain