Part II · Chapter 14Version 1.4 · 5 November 202631 min read
Independence: Demographic Parity and Related Criteria
Key message
Demographic parity requires that decisions be statistically independent of group membership; it is the clearest test of unequal outcomes and the formal core of disparate impact analysis, but it ignores qualification and can be met in ways that are unfair.
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