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Common Read | Automating Inequality: Section 4

Section Title

Section 4: The Allegheny Algorithm
THEMES: Automated Decision Making, Economic Inequality

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Allegany County Poorhouse
by Walter Arnold // 6.24.14 //  5 min.

Cited

  1. Collier, Roger. "New United States Mammogram Guidelines Ignite Debate: CMAJ CMAJ." Canadian Medical Association.Journal 182.2 (2010): E101-2. ProQuest. Web. 10 Mar. 2020.
     
  2. Dare, Tim, and Eileen Gambrill. "Ethical Analysis: Predictive Risk Models at Call Screening for Allegheny County." Centre for Social Data Analytics, University of Auckland, 2016.
     
  3. Gillingham, Philip. “Predictive Risk Modelling to Prevent Child Maltreatment and Other Adverse Outcomes for Service Users: Inside the ‘Black Box’ of Machine Learning.” British Journal of Social Work,  46.4 (2016): pp. 1044–1058. EBSCOhost. Web. 10 Mar. 2020.
     
  4. Heimpel, Daniel. "Managing the Flow: Predictive Analytics in Child Welfare." Chronicle of Social Change, April 6, 2017. https://chronicleofsocialchange.org/analysis/managing-flow-predictive-analytics-child-welfare [Accessed March 10, 2020.]

Related

  1. “Residents Raise Concerns about Bias in Allegheny County's Automated Decision-Making Tools.” WITF, 11 Mar. 2020, www.witf.org/2020/03/11/residents-raise-concerns-about-bias-in-allegheny-countys-automated-decision-making-tools/.