How does E-Tech compare with competitive systems?
Unlike systems using either exact spelling of surnames or matching against nationwide lists precoded with surname technology or special subscription lists, E-Tech is a comprehensive analysis process that results with a higher match rate percentage, a higher degree of accuracy, and a broader and more precise breakdown of ethnic / religious / language preference classifications. E-Tech encodes lists of either individuals on a residential file or a business file, It also supplies separate codes for ethnicity, religion, language preference, and acculturation. Competitors may use approaches similar to E-Tech’s or they may use simple geocoding systems but their results are no where near as robust. E-Tech currently classifies over 175 ethnic groups including African Americans and 21 different Hispanic Countries of Origin. No other system can provide the coverage at this level of detail. E-Tech will match up to 96% of any list of legitimate names. This is higher than any other system. Ethnic T
