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CenterForAssessment / randomNames

Function to generate random gender and ethnicity correct first and/or last names. Names are chosen proportionally based upon their probability of appearing in a large scale data base of real names.
https://centerforassessment.github.io/randomNames
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Plans to expand database of names? #84

Open joshwlambert opened 7 months ago

joshwlambert commented 7 months ago

Is there any plan to increase the number of names? I often exceed the number of names (when sampling without replacement) and it would be great to know if there are plans to add more, or are you open to accepting contributions (for example for ethnicities currently not included)?

dbetebenner commented 7 months ago

Hi Joshua,

Sorry for the slow reply.

  1. Regarding number of names. Let me dig into the examples you provided. In general, I thought previously that there were plenty of combinations (using first and last names) to suffice. But your example suggests that I might need to tweak with things to make sure that the combinations you want are satisfied.
  2. I'm definitely open to having addition names added. The current Arabic/middle-eastern addition was added as a suggestion. 3