Statistical Error: Stereotype threat.

Definition: Follows from expectations of success. It is a situation in which people are or feel themselves to be at risk of conforming to stereotypes about their social group.

  1. Provide a Human Resource decision that has to be made as an example to the statistical error stereotype threat. Definition is provided above, give an example/scenario.
  2. Errors typically occur because the data used to make the decision is flawed in some way. What flawed data could lead to the error for this decision?
  3. Think about what data could be used instead (to avoid stereotype threat)?
  4. What parameter or statistic will you use to represent the dataset?
  5. How could this help avoid the error?