name2sex function

Names to Gender

A wrapper for the gender function used to predict gender based on first name.

name2sex(names.list, USE.NAMES = FALSE, ...)

Arguments

• names.list: Character vector containing first names.
• USE.NAMES: logical. If TRUE names.list is used to name the gender vector.
• ``: Other arguments passed to gender.

Returns

Returns a vector of predicted gender (M/F) based on first name.

Examples

## Not run:

name2sex(qcv(mary, jenn, linda, JAME, GABRIEL, OLIVA, 
    tyler, jamie, JAMES, tyrone, cheryl, drew))
## End(Not run)

See Also

gender