Identifying Systematic Bias
Wed, Jul 25
|Local 64
Many biases aren’t inherently bad, but it is important to be aware of them so you can do the best work possible. Learn how to identify biases in your thinking, and simple work around to improve your results. Join L64 for a special series of Skype workshops w/ hands-on activities. RSVP for more info.
Time & Location
Jul 25, 2018, 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Local 64, 43 State Street, Second Floor West, Montpelier, VT 05602, USA
About the event
We’re all biased in some ways, whether implicitly or explicitly. Similarly, the systems and processes we build and use in our work are also biased towards certain outcomes. In astronomy, telescopes are biased towards collecting certain wavelengths of light. To give a non-academic example, maybe the nature of the survey you facilitate at work makes it easier for some people to fill it out than others. Many biases aren’t inherently bad, but it is important to be aware of them so you can do the best work possible.
The second of a three-part series of Skype workshops at Local 64, they are the perfect summertime professional and social break. Led by astronomer and storytelling enthusiast Moiya McTier, these workshops will help you integrate scientific tools of inquiry and perception into your life. $10 suggested donation.
Moiya grew up in a small coal-mining town in Pennsylvania, far enough from a large…