It is used for matching names with multiple spellings.
Soundex Code Letters 1 B, F, P, V 2 C, G, J, K, Q, S, X, Z 3 D, T 4 L 5 M,N 6 R No Code A, E, I, O, U, H, W, Y. Soundex is especially effective in matching names with multiple spellings and overcoming spelling mistakes.
These linkages are created and maintained using rigorous, internationally accepted privacy-sensitive protocols, with probabilistic matching based on multiple data fields, name compression algorithms, multiple matching passes, and extensive clerical review of all potential linkages that are not identified as definite matches [ 19].
If you search by a person's actual name, there will likely be multiple matching results.
Autocomplete widgets provide suggestions for matching names.
Toponyms, or multiple locations which share the same city name, are also challenging using table joining with Geonames and ArcGIS and can lead to multiple matches for the same city name.
Next, we hand searched the register in case one name turned up multiple matches, or in cases where no match was returned at all.
For pregnancies where multiple matches were possible (i.e. common names), no definite link to an outcome record could be established.
If your search returns multiple matches, you will see a list of matches.
Next, all the gene pairs were sorted by gene name and a filter script was used to remove all the redundant pairs, including self matches and multiple matches.
The linkage procedure excluded 286 cases from the original sample (114 due to being outside the 17 – 65 year old age band, 86 due to having only archived psychiatric records, 84 due to irreconcilable multiple name matches in the VPCR, and four due to inaccuracy in date of birth match on the VPCR).
