JAROWINKLER: Stata module to calculate the Jaro-Winkler distance between strings

James Feigenbaum

Statistical Software Components from Boston College Department of Economics

Abstract: jarowinkler calculates the distance between two string variables using the Jaro-Winkler distance metric. The distance metric is often used in record linkage to compare first or last names in different sources.

Language: Stata
Requires: Stata version 10
Keywords: string; comparisons; string distance; Jaro-Winkler (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014-06-04, Revised 2016-10-13
Note: This module should be installed from within Stata by typing "ssc install jarowinkler". The module is made available under terms of the GPL v3 (https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt). Windows users should not attempt to download these files with a web browser.
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