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AIF-C01 Practice Question: A company deploys a machine learning model for…
A company deploys a machine learning model for resume screening. They want to measure whether the model selects candidates proportionally across different demographic groups. Which fairness metric is most appropriate?
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Disparate impact
Disparate impact measures the ratio of favorable outcomes between groups, commonly used to assess whether a selection process disproportionately affects a protected group.
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Demographic parity
Why it's wrong here
Demographic parity requires equal acceptance rates across groups, but it does not account for job-relevant qualifications; disparate impact is a more common legal standard.
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Disparate impact
Why this is correct
Disparate impact measures the ratio of selection rates between groups, often using the 'four-fifths rule' (rate of protected group >= 0.8 times rate of majority group). It is a standard metric for fairness in hiring.
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Accuracy parity
Why it's wrong here
Accuracy parity compares overall accuracy across groups, which may hide selection rate imbalances.
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Equalized odds
Why it's wrong here
Equalized odds compares false positive and false negative rates across groups. It is more about error rates than selection proportions.
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