Difference between revisions of "International Students"

Revision as of 08:57, 17 February 2022

Yu et al. (2020) [pdf]

International students were inaccurately predicted to get lower course grade and average GPA than their peers when personal background was included
Fairness of the model improved if it included both clickstream and survey data

Yu et al. (2021) pdf

Model performed with significantly lower accuracy and true negative rate for residential students with greater financial need than online counterparts, whether the attribute were made aware or not
Model performed with significantly higher recall for residential students with greater financial need than online counterparts, whether the attribute were made aware or not

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 * Model predicting undergraduate course grades and average GPA
-* International students are falsely predicted to earn a lower final course grade as well as lower GPA than their peers
-* The algorithmic bias against international students is larger when only institutional data, or a combination of institutional and survey data is included, but this performance is fairer with the inclusion of both clickstream and survey data
+* International students were inaccurately predicted to get lower course grade and average GPA than their peers when personal background was included
+* Fairness of the model improved if it included both clickstream and survey data