Czy algorytmy wprowadzają w błąd? Metaanaliza algorytmu profilowania bezrobotnych stosowanego w Polsce
Are the algorithms misleading? Meta-analysis of the algorithm for profiling of the unemployed used in Poland

Summary/Abstract: Social policy decisions based on algorithms affect the quality of life of people. Yet, the access to algorithms is restricted, which makes it difficult to assess their credibility. In result, it often remains unknown whether the statistical models were correctly applied or based on reliable data. The authors address this more general problem, by referring to the example of the tool for profiling the unemployed implemented in Poland. The profiling algorithm was to measure the potential of the unemployed in order to divide them into groups with different access to activation measures. Based on the analysis of the official documents, supplemented with qualitative and quantitative data, the authors performed a statistical meta-analysis of this tool. They prove that the profiling algorithm did not meet the basic methodological standards in terms of data quality and the selection and application of the statistical model.

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