The RAND Tool for Evaluating Algorithmic Bias

A User Guide

Joshua Snoke, Steven C. Martino

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The RAND Tool for Evaluating Algorithmic Bias provides a means of assessing and correcting differences in the performance of binary predictive algorithms across groups of individuals. This guide explains how to use the tool and includes notes on best practices to assess performance differences when complete group information is unavailable and imputed group values must be used.

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Snoke, Joshua and Steven C. Martino, The RAND Tool for Evaluating Algorithmic Bias: A User Guide. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 2025. https://www.rand.org/pubs/tools/TLA4163-1.html.
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