Nature research paper: Scale dichotomization reduces customer racial discrimination and income inequality https://go.nature.com/4gYe6wl

Scale dichotomization reduces customer racial discrimination and income inequality - Nature

Changing from a five-point scale to a two-point scale for rating workers reduces racial discrimination by making customers focus on whether the work was good or bad instead of their own personal biases.

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Excited to share a new paper in @nature.com (www.nature.com/articles/s41...) We show how a change from five-star ratings to thumbs up/down eliminated a race gap in worker ratings and income Sometimes the right solution is the simple one w/ @decelles.bsky.social, Demetrius Humes, Sora Jun

Thanks, @larivera.bsky.social full paper here (open access): www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Scale dichotomization reduces customer racial discrimination and income inequality - Nature

Changing from a five-point scale to a two-point scale for rating workers reduces racial discrimination by making customers focus on whether the work was good or bad instead of their own personal biase...

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Lauren Rivera@larivera.bsky.social · last yr.

Interested in a nudge that can reduce the expression of racial bias in performance evaluations? In the March issue of @nature.com, I cover excellent new work by @tristanbotelho.bsky.social, Sora Jun, Demetrius Humes, and @decelles.bsky.social. Links below: urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...

A 2-point instead of 5-point performance-rating scale tempers racial prejudices & improves income equality for workers from under-represented groups @tristanbotelho.bsky.social @decelles.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41... www.nature.com/articles/d41... www.nature.com/articles/d41...