Table 3. Agreement on matching variables for runs with exact string matching, blocking on DOB.
| Weight Rank | Agreement on | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R/EX/FS | R/EX/EM | R/EX/EPI | MTB/EX/FS | MTB/EX/EM | CU/EX/FS | |
| 1 | First, Last, Gender | First, Last, Gender | First, Last, Gender | First, Last, Gender | First, Last, Gender | First, Last, Gender |
| 2 | First, Last | First, Last | First, Last | First, Last | First, Last | First, Last |
| 3 | Last, Gender | First, Gender | Last, Gender | Last, Gender | First, Gender | Last, Gender |
| 4 | First, Gender | Last, Gender | First, Gender | First, Gender | Last, Gender | First, Gender |
| 5 | Last | First | Last | Last | First | Last |
| 6 | First | Last | First | First | Last | First |
| 7 | Gender | Gender | Gender | Gender | Gender | Gender |
| 8 | None | None | None | None, gender missing | None, gender missing | None, gender missing |
| 9 | N/A | N/A | N/A | None, no matching variables missing | None, no matching variables missing | None, no matching variables missing |
DOB, date of birth; R, R package; FS, probabilistic, Fellegi-Sunter; EM, probabilistic, expectation-maximization; EPI, probabilistic, EpiLink; MTB, Merge ToolBox; CU, Curtin University Probabilistic Linkage Engine