Data Equity
This term describes the idea that data collection and analysis should benefit all groups, not just the ones easiest to measure.
What is data equity?
This is the term for the "best guess" that a researcher tests in a statistical study.
What is a hypothesis?
This type of bias occurs when the data collected doesn't represent the full population.
What is sampling bias?
This type of chart is best for showing parts of a whole, though many data scientists actually dislike it.
What is a pie chart?
CAIDS is an acronym for this.
What is The Connolly Alexander Institute for Data Science (CAIDS)
This federal law requires that health data be protected and accessible, but inequities in access to digital tools can still limit who benefits.
What is HIPAA?
A 95% one of these means you can be fairly confident that your estimate falls within a certain range.
What is a confidence interval?
This bias happens when researchers unintentionally influence how data is interpreted or collected.
What is researcher bias?
This chart type is ideal for showing trends over time.
What is a line graph?
This introductory course with CAIDS teaches students how to read, interpret, and communicate data.
What is DATA 1010?
If a health study only includes adults from one neighborhood, it may not be fair to apply the results to everyone. This is an example of a dataset lacking this.
What is diversity?
This measure of central tendency is the one most affected by extreme outliers.
What is the mean?
Facial recognition systems often misidentify darker-skinned individuals due to this type of bias.
What is algorithmic bias?
This visualization technique uses color intensity to represent values across a geographic area.
What is a chloropleth map?
Every fall, Tulane gathers data on new students, including where they're from and what they plan to study. Using the data, they create this well-known campus report.
What is the incoming class profile?
This type of bias occurs when data reflects only the people who were easiest to reach, rather than the whole community.
What is sampling bias?
This type of sampling gives every member of a population an equal chance of being selected.
What is random sampling?
This bias arises when historical data reflects discriminatory practices, causing predictive models to reproduce those inequalities.
What is historical bias?
When a graph starts the y-axis at a value greater than zero, it can make small differences appear much larger than they really are. This kind of visual trick can be very misleading.
What is a truncated axis?
List one of the job opportunities offered to students by CAIDS.
Data Research Intern, Data Peer Mentor, Data Ambassador Council, etc.
This term refers to the practice of involving communities directly in decisions about how their data is collected, used, and shared.
What is participatory data governance?
This term describes the error that occurs when people who choose to respond to a survey differ systematically from those who don't.
What is response bias?
When a survey asks a question in a way that nudges people toward a certain answer, i.e. “Don’t you agree the dining hall food is great?”, it's called this type of bias.
What is leading question bias?
This principle warns against using too many colors, icons, or 3D effects that distract from the data.
What is the principle of simplicity?
This is the location of the CAIDS office.
What is the basement of the Howard-Tilton Memorial Library, Room B23?