在等级类别系统中量化偏差.
Katie Warburton1,2, Charles Kemp1, Yang Xu2,3
1School of Psychological Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.
Open mind : discoveries in cognitive science
|March 4, 2024
概括
本研究介绍了在等级类别系统中测量偏差的方法. 图书馆分类系统显示出明显的西方偏见和性别偏见,杜威十进制分类表现出比国会图书馆分类更大的偏见.
科学领域:
- 认知科学 认知科学
- 信息科学 信息科学 信息科学
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
背景情况:
- 分类是人类认知和社会结构的基础.
- 类别系统是不客观的,可以延续有害的偏见.
- 在图书馆中常见的等级类别系统需要偏差评估的方法.
研究的目的:
- 提出和展示在等级类别系统中量化偏差的方法.
- 分析图书馆分类系统中的偏见,特别关注西方概念和男性作者.
- 为了比较杜威十进制分类和国会图书馆分类之间的偏差水平.
主要方法:
- 开发新的方法来衡量层次类别结构中的偏见.
- 分析了一个大规模的图书馆数据集,包括300多万本书.
- 在宗教,文学和历史类别中对西方偏见的定量评估,以及作者性别分布.
主要成果:
- 图书馆分类系统表现出西方的重大偏见,特别是在宗教类别.
- 男性作家的书籍在各个类别中比女性作家的书籍更广泛地分布.
- 与国会图书馆分类相比,杜威十进制分类表现出更高程度的偏差.
结论:
- 提出的方法有效量化层次类别系统中的偏差.
- 图书馆分类系统反映并可以放大与文化和性别有关的社会偏见.
- 开发的方法适用于图书馆以外的各种自然和机构类别系统.
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