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A mixed bag to be honest, but some do. Example off the top of my head; a study into mixed-race juries (Sommers 2006) showed that not only did the predictive po
by richmarr 10y ago
A mixed bag to be honest, but some do.
Example off the top of my head; a study into mixed-race juries (Sommers 2006) showed that not only did the predictive power of the group increase in the presence of black jurors, but the prodictive power of the white jurors increased without the black juror needing to actually intervene. Their presence caused a behaviour change.
- teddyh 10y agoIf that’s the case, we should not aim for equality, but instead aim for at least a token minority member presence in all groups, since this produces the intended effect.
- richmarr 10y ago> ...token minority... While quotas appear to sometimes be necessary to break some environments open, they're polarising & produce resentment. I wouldn't expect that to be a necessary part of a high performance team if you can address the bias that keeps under-represented groups out in the first place. The evidence that hiring processes are both biased and poorly predictive of productivity is pretty strong. I would start by fixing that (and am doing).