Package: birdie 0.7.1

birdie: Bayesian Instrumental Regression for Disparity Estimation

Bayesian models for accurately estimating conditional distributions by race, using Bayesian Improved Surname Geocoding (BISG) probability estimates of individual race. Implements the methods described in McCartan, Fisher, Goldin, Ho and Imai (2025) <doi:10.1080/01621459.2025.2526695>.

Authors:Cory McCartan [aut, cre], Kosuke Imai [ctb], Daniel Ho [ctb], Jacob Goldin [ctb], Robin Fisher [ctb], The Stan Development Team [cph]

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NEWS

# Install 'birdie' in R:

install.packages('birdie', repos = c('https://corymccartan.r-universe.dev', 'https://cloud.r-project.org'))

Bug tracker:https://github.com/corymccartan/birdie/issues

Pkgdown/docs site:https://corymccartan.com

Uses libs:

c++– GNU Standard C++ Library v3

Datasets:

pseudo_vf - A pseudo-voterfile

On CRAN:

imputation racial-disparities statistics cpp

5.40 score 7 stars 36 scripts 234 downloads 16 exports 24 dependencies

Last updated from:4494fd0a74 (on v0.7.1). Checks:12 OK, 1 FAIL. Indexed: yes.

Target	Result	Time
linux-devel-arm64	OK	266
linux-devel-x86_64	OK	248
source / vignettes	OK	364
linux-release-arm64	OK	259
linux-release-x86_64	OK	293
macos-release-arm64	OK	146
macos-release-x86_64	OK	393
macos-oldrel-arm64	OK	165
macos-oldrel-x86_64	OK	316
windows-devel	OK	254
windows-release	OK	251
windows-oldrel	OK	296
wasm-release	FAIL	184

Exports:augment birdie birdie.ctrl bisg bisg_me cat_dir cat_mixed census_race_geo_table disparities est_weighted glance p_r_natl proc_name proc_state proc_zip tidy

Dependencies:BH cli dplyr generics glue lifecycle magrittr pillar pkgconfig R6 Rcpp RcppEigen RcppParallel RcppThread rlang SQUAREM StanHeaders stringi stringr tibble tidyselect utf8 vctrs withr

Estimation of Racial Disparities When Race is Not Observed

Rendered frombirdie.Rmdusingknitr::rmarkdownon May 25 2026.

Last update: 2025-07-23
Started: 2023-03-05

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Development and contributors

Readme and manuals

Help Manual

Help page	Topics
Fit BIRDiE Models	birdie
Class "birdie" of BIRDiE Models	augment.birdie birdie-class coef.birdie family.birdie fitted.birdie formula.birdie glance.birdie nobs.birdie plot.birdie predict.birdie print.birdie residuals.birdie simulate.birdie summary.birdie tidy.birdie vcov.birdie
BIRDiE Complete-Data Model Families	birdie-family cat_dir cat_mixed
Control of BIRDiE Model Fitting	birdie.ctrl
Bayesian Improved Surname Geocoding (BISG)	bisg bisg_me predict.bisg simulate.bisg summary.bisg
Download Census Race Data	census_race_geo_table
Compute Racial Disparities from Model Estimates	disparities
Calculate Weighted Estimate of (Discrete) Outcomes By Race	est_weighted print.est_weighted summary.est_weighted
National Racial Demographics	p_r_natl
Preprocess Last Names and Geographic Identifiers	preproc proc_name proc_state proc_zip
A pseudo-voterfile	pseudo_vf