Select names

Choose names whose intended racial signal was perceived by at least the requested share of respondents. You can sample eligible names or select those with the highest values on a validation measure.

Usage

select_names(race, pct_correct = 0.8, order_by_var = NULL, n_names = 5)

Arguments

race

Character. The race intended to be signaled by the names. The value should be either "Asian," "Hispanic," "Black," or "White."

pct_correct

Numeric. Minimum share who perceived the intended racial signal. Defaults to 0.8.

order_by_var

Character. The variable to be used to order the list of the names to be extracted. The default variable is NULL (non-selected). In this case, the names will be chosen randomly. The other options are pct_correct = the percentage of the name's intended race correctly perceived, avg_income = average perceived income level, avg_education = average perceived education level, and avg_citizenship = the percentage of perceived citizenship status.

n_names

Numeric. Number of names to select. Defaults to five; ordering keeps ties and can return more.

Value

A data frame with name, identity, pct_correct, avg_income, avg_education, and avg_citizenship.