propublica/compas-analysis
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Data and analysis for 'Machine Bias'
6 mentions on Hacker News by 2 people: 0 stories, 6 comments · first 2016-05-23 · latest 2016-06-29
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It's the same underlying analysis. Their github repo contains the same script I linked to: https://github.com/propublica/compas-analysis https://github.com/propublica/compas-analysis/blob/master/Co... It even contains the same weasel words…
comment by yummyfajitas · 2016-06-29 · in To study possibly racist algorithms, professors have to sue the US -
In block [37] of the ipython notebook, are racial main effects missing? I only see interactions. https://github.com/propublica/compas-analysis/blob/master/Co...
comment by thisisdave · 2016-05-23 · in Machine Bias -
…to hide an agenda behind verbiage and anecdotes. Go read the author's actual statistical analysis: https://github.com/propublica/compas-analysis/blob/master/Co... In the statistical analysis (unlike the verbiage) she is completely unable…
comment by yummyfajitas · 2016-05-23 · in Machine Bias -
Go read the description of the statistical analysis or just view their R notebook: https://github.com/propublica/compas-analysis/blob/master/Co... Their own analysis shows that (p ~= 0) that high and medium risk factors are predictive.…
comment by yummyfajitas · 2016-05-23 · in Machine Bias -
…For example, the author of this very article has done such an analysis. Here's her R notebook: https://github.com/propublica/compas-analysis/blob/master/Co... Her analysis shows (within the limitations of the frequentist paradigm) that: a)…
comment by yummyfajitas · 2016-05-23 · in Machine Bias -
…analysis doesn't support conclusion, write down a bunch of anecdotes. Really, here's her R script: https://github.com/propublica/compas-analysis/blob/master/Co... Just read that. It's vastly better than this nonsensical article.
comment by yummyfajitas · 2016-05-23 · in Machine Bias