Dual-anonymization Yields Promising Results for Reducing Gender Bias: A Naturalistic Field Experiment of Applications for Hubble Space Telescope Time
Dual-anonymization Yields Promising Results for Reducing Gender Bias: A Naturalistic Field Experiment of Applications for Hubble Space Telescope Time
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DOI：
10.1088/1538-3873/ab6ce0
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发表时间：
2020-03-01
影响因子：
3.5
通讯作者：
Kirk, Jessica F.
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作者：
Johnson, Stefanie K.;Kirk, Jessica F.
利用档案数据，我们考察了哈勃太空望远镜时间分配委员会(HSTTAC)S决定采用双重匿名审查程序而不是单一匿名审查程序的影响。这一变化包括不同程度地删除关于首席调查员的信息，目的是减少对妇女的偏见。与使用单一匿名审查制度的11个周期相比，在改革后的5个周期中，由女性私人投资主管领导的提案更有可能被接受。为了更仔细地了解为什么会出现这些变化，我们检查了紧接在变化之前的周期中的审查者级别的数据，并与变化后的三个周期进行了比较。我们发现，在采用双重匿名化之前，男性评价者对女性PI的评分显著低于他们对男性PI的评分，但在采用双重匿名化后并不是如此。
Using archival data, we examine the effects of the Hubble Space Telescope Time Allocation Committee (HST TAC)'s decision to adopt a dual- rather than single-anonymous review process. The change involved removing, to varying degrees, information about the Principal Investigator (PI) with the goal of reducing bias against women. Proposals led by female PIs were significantly more likely to be accepted in the five cycles following the changes compared to the 11 cycles using a single-anonymous review system. Taking a closer look at why these changes emerged, we examined data at the reviewer-level in the cycle immediately preceding the change compared to three of the cycles after the change. We found that male reviewers rated female PIs significantly worse than they rated male PIs before, but not after, dual-anonymization was adopted.