ArticleInternational journal of population data science2018
Demystifying probabilistic linkage: Common myths and misconceptions.
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Abstract
Many of the distinctions made between probabilistic and deterministic linkage are misleading. While these two approaches to record linkage operate in different ways and can produce different outputs, the distinctions between them are more a result of
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