Table 1.
Availability of data cleaning functionality across a sample of linkage packages
| Linkage Wiz | Febrl | BigMatch | Link king | FRIL | LINKS | ChoiceMaker | QualityStage | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reformat values |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Remove punctuation |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Remove alt. missing values |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Phonetic encoding |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Name/Address Standardisation |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Nickname lookup |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
| Sex imputation | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes |