Tristan Botelho

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.

Nature research paper: Scale dichotomization reduces customer racial discrimination and income inequality

https://go.nature.com/4gYe6wl

Thanks, Shelley!

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...

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
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