Measurement & Evaluation

Data On Purpose | Do Good Data: Prediction vs Bias

This panel features Do Good Data | Data on Purpose conference conference co-hosts Lucy Bernholz of Stanford PACS and Andrew Means of Uptake, along with Stanford education professor Candace Thille, and Kristian Lum, lead statistician at the Human Rights Data Analysis Group. The discussion focuses on the advantages and drawbacks of using data to analyze social trends in areas including higher education and criminal justice.

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