http://writers.unconsciousbias.org Resources from the Sept. 30, 2009, Panel "Reading Between the Lines: Uncovering Unconscious Bias" Thu, 14 Jun 2012 18:00:16 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://writers.unconsciousbias.org/comment-page-1/#comment-7 Race by the Numbers: A Brutal Truth « Mixed Up on Cecil Road Thu, 14 Jun 2012 18:00:16 +0000 http://writers.unconsciousbias.org/?page_id=63#comment-7 [...] A Massachusetts study of all patients admitted for circulatory disease and chest pain found that white patients were 89% more likely to be given life-saving coronary bypass surgery than black patients. Even more shocking, a nationwide study of Medicare patients found that white people were three times more likely than black people to receive the same treatment. According to Emerson and Smith, “without apparent intention, doctors discriminated against African Americans and in favour of white Americans in recommending [life-saving] surgery.” This has subsequently come to be a well-studied phenomenon named “unconscious bias”. [...] [...] A Massachusetts study of all patients admitted for circulatory disease and chest pain found that white patients were 89% more likely to be given life-saving coronary bypass surgery than black patients. Even more shocking, a nationwide study of Medicare patients found that white people were three times more likely than black people to receive the same treatment. According to Emerson and Smith, “without apparent intention, doctors discriminated against African Americans and in favour of white Americans in recommending [life-saving] surgery.” This has subsequently come to be a well-studied phenomenon named “unconscious bias”. [...]

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]]> http://writers.unconsciousbias.org/2009/09/best-man-for-the-job-how-bias-affects-hiring/comment-page-1/#comment-4 Resumes and Bad Judgment: More bias than you think « Film and entertainment Tue, 27 Apr 2010 16:19:29 +0000 http://writers.unconsciousbias.org/?p=66#comment-4 [...] Study after study shows us that the assessments we make of people based on their resumes are biased. These biases are predictable, and they skew our judgments of job candidates. [...] [...] Study after study shows us that the assessments we make of people based on their resumes are biased. These biases are predictable, and they skew our judgments of job candidates. [...]

]]> http://writers.unconsciousbias.org/2009/09/best-man-for-the-job-how-bias-affects-hiring/comment-page-1/#comment-3 Resumes and Bad Judgment: More bias than you think Tue, 20 Apr 2010 19:50:40 +0000 http://writers.unconsciousbias.org/?p=66#comment-3 [...] Study after study shows us that the assessments we make of people based on their resumes are often b.... These biases are predictable, and they skew our judgments of job candidates. [...] [...] Study after study shows us that the assessments we make of people based on their resumes are often b…. These biases are predictable, and they skew our judgments of job candidates. [...]

]]> http://writers.unconsciousbias.org/2009/09/best-man-for-the-job-how-bias-affects-hiring/comment-page-1/#comment-2 What’s in a (Last) Name? A Bigger Paycheck, Maybe : idaventry for business Fri, 16 Apr 2010 13:41:13 +0000 http://writers.unconsciousbias.org/?p=66#comment-2 [...] was based on a small sample. And such bias doesn’t represent a unique hypothesis — other studies have produced analogous results when it comes to how hiring officers perceive job candidates based [...] [...] was based on a small sample. And such bias doesn’t represent a unique hypothesis — other studies have produced analogous results when it comes to how hiring officers perceive job candidates based [...]

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