diff --git a/README b/README index bfccebf4d5cbd3a13a9858843da839aabf97cedc..9dfb10e33c6d169e8a50ba278ce1b7a2b9912964 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -8,6 +8,13 @@ Reoffended | | | This repository contains a Jupyter notebook and data for the ProPublica story "Machine Bias." Story: +https://www.propublica.org/article/machine-bias-risk-assessments-in-criminal-sentencing/ + +Methodology: +https://www.propublica.org/article/how-we-analyzed-the-compas-recidivism-algorithm/ + +Notebook (you'll probably want to follow along in the methodology): +https://github.com/propublica/compas-analysis/blob/master/Compas%20Analysis.ipynb Main Dataset: compas.db - a sqlite3 database containing criminal history, jail and prison time, demographics and COMPAS risk scores for defendants from Broward County.