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SamUK96 | 7 years ago

It would be useful to calculate the percentage difference between n_group/n_population and n_group_course/n_course. This would essentially calculate a "representivity" score for that course.

So, for example, according to the 2010 US Census, Black or African Americans constitute 12.6% of the population. However, according to [1], they constitute only ~5% of the CS degrees awarded. Therefore the score for CS and Black or African Americans is |12.6 - 5|/12.6 = ~60% underrepresentation.

[1] https://datausa.io/profile/cip/110701/#demographics

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pbhjpbhj|7 years ago

This negates the idea that a certain demographic may be disinclined to a particular subject (which is equivalent to being inclined towards other subjects).

One needs access to courses without unnecessary discrimination, one does not need to be pushed in to courses simply to make their representation scores better.