Sabriya Maryam Alam

Definitions of Fairness Differ Across Socioeconomic Groups & Shape Perceptions of Algorithmic Decisions

How algorithmic decisions are perceived by those subject to the decisions is of central importance in a world where they are increasingly utilized. Focusing on San Francisco's decade-long policy of algorithmic school assignments, we draw on procedural and distributive justice theory to investigate parents' fairness pe…