Towards Ethical Data-Driven Software: Filling the Gaps in Ethics Research & Practice

Author(s):  
Brittany Johnson ◽  
Justin Smith
Author(s):  
Gard B. Jenset ◽  
Barbara McGillivray

Chapter 2 deals with the foundations of the framework outlined in the book. The basic assumptions of the framework are made explicit, and the chapter continues with three main sections on the major principles of the framework, best practices for conducting research within the framework, and a section on data-driven historical linguistics. The section on principles lays down twelve principles underpinning the framework. These principles are referred to throughout the rest of the book, including the case studies. The aim of these principles is to make historical linguistic research more transparent and reproducible, to facilitate communication across different theoretical paradigms, and to allow researchers to tackle complex problems in a systematic way. The best practices section explains additional methodological points, while the final section discusses the role of corpora in historical linguistics research practice.


Author(s):  
Vishu Bhooshan ◽  
Shajay Bhooshan

Solutions to the significant social, ecological and economic opportunities and problems of 21st century architecture and urbanism involve a vast number of variables. These solutions will require the use of data-driven technologies to acquire physical and social information of sites and consumer communities, digital technologies to design for the briefs so acquired and robotic manufacturing to deliver the designed solutions effectively.


2019 ◽  
Vol 27 ◽  
pp. 137
Author(s):  
Michael P. Brady ◽  
Michael Hazelkorn

Public education in the United States has been undergoing a shift from an empirical tradition in which practices and policies are derived from research, practice, reflection, and implementation. In this empirical tradition, professionals embrace a culture and commitment to evidence-based practices (EBPs) and expect that practices and policies in the field are supported by rational, data-driven models. In this paper, we present an argument and three cases that illustrate how educators have been undergoing a gradual shift away from empiricism toward a de-evolution of EBP. We propose that this gradual shift is based on a political-social context, in which practices and policies are implemented using the language of an accountability model of reform, in which national and state regulations, and accreditation bodies, establish expectations often devoid of an empirical basis for the practices they mandate.


2018 ◽  
Vol 33 (21) ◽  
pp. 3298-3314 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lauren “LB” Klein ◽  
Laurie M. Graham ◽  
Sarah Treves-Kagan ◽  
Premela G. Deck ◽  
Stephanie M. DeLong ◽  
...  

The U.S. Department of Education recently announced that existing legislation and guidance on campus sexual assault (CSA) policies had created a “failed system” in institutions of higher education. This announcement raises the question of how CSA legislation and guidance should be evaluated and applied in practice. We believe researchers are well situated to not only leverage data and empirically evaluate the success (or failure) of CSA federal and university policies but also to facilitate development of improved, more effective CSA policy. This commentary first chronicles the pivotal role of federal policy and guidance in driving the collection of CSA data and increasing research efforts in this domain. Second, we present recommendations for increased collaboration among researchers, practitioners, and policy makers aimed at measuring the effectiveness of current CSA policies and promoting data-driven policy. These recommendations focus on (a) establishing a CSA data repository, (b) analyzing existing CSA data to gain knowledge and identify opportunities for improved data collection, and (c) translating and disseminating CSA research to help bridge gaps between research, practice, and policy.


2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bijal Brahmbhatt ◽  
Siraz Hirani ◽  
Neha Lal ◽  
Bhumika Chauhan

2018 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 2156759X1882426
Author(s):  
Mandy S. Savitz-Romer ◽  
Tara P. Nicola ◽  
Amelia Jensen ◽  
Nancy E. Hill ◽  
Belle Liang ◽  
...  

Research–practice partnerships (RPPs) are ripe contexts for school counselors to employ data-driven practices to improve student outcomes. We leveraged an RPP between two universities and a high school to assist the latter’s school counseling department in examining students’ satisfaction with their counselor interactions. The RPP created the capacity for the counselors to gather and use data to implement targeted interventions for improving students’ awareness and perceptions of their school counselors.


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