Bias in AI systems can undermine trust and create serious ethical and legal risks for organizations. This Short Course was created to help data analysis professionals accomplish comprehensive bias detection and mitigation in AI-driven decision systems. By completing this course, you'll be able to apply formal fairness metrics, implement proven mitigation techniques, and confidently communicate ethical trade-offs to stakeholders.
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
Apply fairness metrics to HR selection models and document disparities
Evaluate and implement bias mitigation approaches with measurable improvements
Analyze datasets for representation bias and apply re-sampling techniques
Evaluate accuracy-fairness trade-offs and communicate findings to stakeholders
This course is unique because it combines hands-on technical implementation with strategic stakeholder communication skills. To be successful in this course, you should have a background in Python programming and basic machine learning concepts.
Apply fairness metrics to HR selection models and document observed disparities.
涵盖的内容
1个视频1篇阅读材料1个作业1个非评分实验室
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1个视频•总计5分钟
Calculating Demographic Parity in HR Selection Data•5分钟
1篇阅读材料•总计12分钟
Fairness Metrics Framework for HR AI Systems•12分钟
1个作业•总计6分钟
Fairness Metrics Application Assessment•6分钟
1个非评分实验室•总计20分钟
HR Selection Bias Detection and Documentation•20分钟
Evaluate mitigation approaches and implement bias reduction strategies with measurable improvements.
涵盖的内容
2个视频2个作业
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2个视频•总计12分钟
The Cost of Inaction in AI Bias Mitigation•4分钟
Bias Mitigation Strategies: Re-weighting and Post-processing•8分钟
2个作业•总计25分钟
Bias Mitigation Strategy Implementation and Evaluation•18分钟
Bias Mitigation Evaluation Assessment•7分钟
Module 3: Dataset Bias Analysis - Integration
第 3 单元•29分钟 后完成
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This module teaches how to detect representation bias in datasets, apply re-sampling strategies such as SMOTE, and assess their impact on model performance across demographic groups.
涵盖的内容
1个视频1篇阅读材料1个作业
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1个视频•总计5分钟
Implementing SMOTE Re-sampling for Bias Reduction - Apply SMOTE and compare original vs re-sampled model performance using classification report.•5分钟
1篇阅读材料•总计6分钟
Podcast: Dataset Representation Bias: Detection and Impact Analysis - Focus on representation bias patterns and their impact. Use freely available datasets. •6分钟
1个作业•总计8分钟
Dataset Bias Analysis and Re-sampling Assessment•8分钟
Trade-off Communication - Assessment
第 4 单元•小时 后完成
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Learners will evaluate the impact of bias mitigation techniques on AI system performance and fairness, then communicate results clearly to stakeholders for informed decision making.
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2个视频1篇阅读材料2个作业1个非评分实验室
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2个视频•总计10分钟
The Executive Decision: Balancing AI Performance and Fairness•4分钟
Creating Trade-off Visualizations for Stakeholder Communication•6分钟
1篇阅读材料•总计10分钟
Framework for Evaluating Accuracy-Fairness Trade-offs•10分钟
2个作业•总计31分钟
Comprehensive Ethical AI and Bias Mitigation Assessment•25分钟
Trade-off Communication Assessment•6分钟
1个非评分实验室•总计20分钟
Comprehensive Trade-off Analysis and Stakeholder Communication•20分钟
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