Comment by BoingBoomTschak
13 hours ago
> Following psychological tradition, we define bias as behaviors that tilt away from equality
Is this a joke?
13 hours ago
> Following psychological tradition, we define bias as behaviors that tilt away from equality
Is this a joke?
How else would you define bias if not an offset from equality or zero mean?
For example, the b in y=mx+b
> How else would you define bias if not an offset from equality or zero mean?
As an offset from what the ground truth justifies. Suppose the researchers had decided to load the dice when creating the fake sample data; an unbiased analyst should seek to discover the extent of that, not insist on reporting equality.
Well, in this study, they explicitly had equality - all four groups were as likely to succeed. So any difference in hiring was actual bias (or statistical noise).
No, this is the religion here