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* The level of bias was inconsistent across courses, with MCCM prediction showing the least bias for Psychology and the greatest bias for Computer Science
* The level of bias was inconsistent across courses, with MCCM prediction showing the least bias for Psychology and the greatest bias for Computer Science


Christie et al. (2019) [https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED599217.pdf pdf]
* Models predicting student's high school dropout
* The decision trees showed little difference in AUC among White, Black, Hispanic, Asian, American Indian and Alaska Native, and  Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander.





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Kai et al. (2017) pdf

  • Models predicting student retention in an online college program
  • J48 decision trees achieved much lower Kappa and AUC for Black students than White students
  • JRip decision rules achieved almost identical Kappa and AUC for Black students and White students


Hu and Rangwala (2020) pdf

  • Models predicting if a college student will fail in a course
  • Multiple cooperative classifier model (MCCM) model was the best at reducing bias, or discrimination against African-American students, while other models (particularly Logistic Regression and Rawlsian Fairness) performed far worse
  • The level of bias was inconsistent across courses, with MCCM prediction showing the least bias for Psychology and the greatest bias for Computer Science


Ramineni & Williamson (2018) [pdf]

  • Revised automated scoring engine for assessing GSE essay
  • Relative weakness in content and organization by African American test takers resulted in lower scores than Chinese peers who wrote longer.