[IPAC-List] Name Generator Program

[RICHARD TONOWSKI]

Just to expand a little on Liz's remarks . . .

The Social Security Administration has first-name lists by gender. 
Census Bureau has surname lists by race/ethnic.  These lists, at least
in theory, would allow for some control over the gender and race/ethnic
composition of the sample since there is some indication of probability
that the name goes into a specific demographic group.    Sampling from
these likely would not be complicated.  But I don't know about lists
that give probabilities for gender/race/ethnic membership based on full
name.  Possibly that could come from Census, but it might require having
to construct a pool for sampling.

Rich

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Dennis,
 
I’ve been using a random name searches found through a website search
“random name search.”  They are free quick and useful tools. 
 
Here’s a couple that I’ve used: 
 
http://listofrandomnames.com/
 
http://random-name-generator.info/
 
Liz
 
 
Elizabeth A. Reed
Public Safety Assessment Team Manager
Columbus Civil Service Commission
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Direct: 614.645.6032
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From: IPAC-List [mailto:ipac-list-bounces at ipacweb.org] On Behalf Of
Dennis Doverspike
Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2016 6:41 PM
To: 'IPAC-List' (ipac-list at ipacweb.org)
Subject: [IPAC-List] Name Generator Program
 
Does anyone have, know of, know where I can get -

 

A program that generates diverse names at random. The use would be for
identifying names to insert into multiple-choice items so as to increase
racial, ethnic, and geographical diversity.

 

Dennis Doverspike 





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