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@article{ART002809589},
author={Ko, Insok},
title={Bias and Fairness in Data-Based Decision Making},
journal={PHILOSOPHY·THOUGHT·CULTURE},
issn={1975-1621},
year={2022},
number={38},
pages={1-24},
doi={10.33639/ptc.2022..38.001}

TY - JOUR
AU - Ko, Insok
TI - Bias and Fairness in Data-Based Decision Making
JO - PHILOSOPHY·THOUGHT·CULTURE
PY - 2022
VL - null
IS - 38
PB - Research Institute for East-West Thought
SP - 1
EP - 24
SN - 1975-1621
AB - In this paper I investigate the problem of bias that threatens the rationality of data-based decision-making in the data-driven society we are entering, and seek ways to minimize that threat and to enhance the fairness of such decision-making. With this purpose in mind, I examine recent criticism about COMPAS that has been used for criminal correctional management in several states in U.S.A. COMPAS has been criticized that it (re-)produces biases in the evaluation of the criminals that varies depending on the criminal's skin color. I analyze two sources of such biases, the dataset and the algorithm. This analysis reveals that the data are not neutral image that reflect reality as it is, but product of measurements that embodies the perspectives of data-producers. Such intervention from specific perspective does not in itself endangers the fairness of data-driven decision-making. However, the bias in which the properties of the sample data deviate from those of the population reduces the effectiveness of data-based decision-making and thus undermines its core value. Therefore, a data-driven society should keep an eye on the biases in data-based decisions, perform regular assessments and revisions of the data processing algorithms and supplement the dataset itself coping with the result of the assessments.
KW - data-based decision making;bias;algorithm fairness;COMPAS
DO - 10.33639/ptc.2022..38.001
ER -

Ko, Insok. (2022). Bias and Fairness in Data-Based Decision Making. PHILOSOPHY·THOUGHT·CULTURE, 38, 1-24.

Ko, Insok. 2022, "Bias and Fairness in Data-Based Decision Making", PHILOSOPHY·THOUGHT·CULTURE, no.38, pp.1-24. Available from: doi:10.33639/ptc.2022..38.001

Ko, Insok "Bias and Fairness in Data-Based Decision Making" PHILOSOPHY·THOUGHT·CULTURE 38 pp.1-24 (2022) : 1.

Ko, Insok. Bias and Fairness in Data-Based Decision Making. 2022; 38 : 1-24. Available from: doi:10.33639/ptc.2022..38.001

Ko, Insok. "Bias and Fairness in Data-Based Decision Making" PHILOSOPHY·THOUGHT·CULTURE no.38(2022) : 1-24.doi: 10.33639/ptc.2022..38.001

Ko, Insok. Bias and Fairness in Data-Based Decision Making. PHILOSOPHY·THOUGHT·CULTURE, 38, 1-24. doi: 10.33639/ptc.2022..38.001

Ko, Insok. Bias and Fairness in Data-Based Decision Making. PHILOSOPHY·THOUGHT·CULTURE. 2022; 38 1-24. doi: 10.33639/ptc.2022..38.001

Ko, Insok. Bias and Fairness in Data-Based Decision Making. 2022; 38 : 1-24. Available from: doi:10.33639/ptc.2022..38.001

Ko, Insok. "Bias and Fairness in Data-Based Decision Making" PHILOSOPHY·THOUGHT·CULTURE no.38(2022) : 1-24.doi: 10.33639/ptc.2022..38.001