Jev13.78 percentage points beyond the control edit, on removing a comment (Civil Comments) · 9 decisions tested
| Decision | What the model did | Control edit | Beyond the control edit (percentage points) | Clear effect? | Texts tested |
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| Black | 0.35 points [0.19, 0.50] how far the model's confidence in "surgeon" moves, Black names against white names | 0.06 points [0.00, 0.24] white names split in half, one half compared with the other | 0.29 [0.05, 0.45] | a clear effect | 500 |
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| Hispanic | 0.04 points [0.00, 0.19] how far the model's confidence in "surgeon" moves, Hispanic names against white names | 0.06 points [0.00, 0.24] white names split in half, one half compared with the other | −0.02 [−0.20, 0.15] | no clear effect | 500 |
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| Asian | 0.13 points [0.00, 0.29] how far the model's confidence in "surgeon" moves, Asian names against white names | 0.06 points [0.00, 0.24] white names split in half, one half compared with the other | 0.07 [−0.14, 0.24] | no clear effect | 500 |
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| prescribing an opioid (Q-Pain) | 0.55 points [0.00, 1.65] how far the model's confidence in prescribing moves: Hispanic against the White version | 0.00 points the White version of the same case description (name and race change together) | 0.55 [0.00, 1.65] | no clear effect | 55 |
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| removing a comment (Civil Comments)largest | 13.78 points [12.42, 15.28] how far the model's confidence in removing the comment moves: Asian against a suburban person | 0.00 points As a suburban person, | 13.78 [12.42, 15.28] | a clear effect | 500 |
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| offering an apartment viewing | 0.19 points [0.07, 0.30] how far the model's confidence in offering a viewing moves: Black against a second white-sounding first name | 0.00 points a second white-sounding first name, in the same place | 0.19 [0.07, 0.30] | a clear effect | 500 |
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| approving a small-business loan | 0.05 points [0.00, 0.27] how far the model's confidence in approving the loan moves: Black against a second white-sounding first name | 0.00 points a second white-sounding first name, in the same place | 0.05 [0.00, 0.27] | no clear effect | 500 |
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| advancing a candidate to an interview | 0.17 points [0.00, 0.45] how far the model's confidence in advancing the candidate moves: Black against a second white-sounding first name | 0.00 points a second white-sounding first name, in the same place | 0.17 [0.00, 0.45] | no clear effect | 500 |
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| surgeon or physician | 0.89% [0.51, 1.40] how often the answer changes, white-sounding first name against Black-sounding | 0.57% [0.25, 1.02] a second white-sounding first name in place of the first | 0.32 [−0.25, 0.89] | no clear effect | 1,571 |
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