Weapons of math destruction : (Record no. 1338)
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| fixed length control field | 03048nam a2200289 i 4500 |
| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER | |
| control field | MIUC |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
| control field | 20200309093257.0 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
| fixed length control field | 170632s2016 nyu 001 | eng |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780553418811 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | MIUC |
| Language of cataloging | eng |
| Transcribing agency | MIUC |
| 082 0# - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 005.7 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| 9 (RLIN) | 3480 |
| Personal name | O'Neil, Cathy |
| 952 ## - Items | |
| Itemnumber | 1661 |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Weapons of math destruction : |
| Remainder of title | how big data increases inequality and threatens democracy / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Cathy O'Neil. |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | First edition. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | New York : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Crown, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2016. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | x, 259 p.; |
| Dimensions | 22 cm. |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE | |
| Source | rdacontent |
| Content type term | text |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
| Bibliography, etc. note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Ch. 1. Bomb parts: What is a model? -- <br/>Ch. 2. Shell shocked: My Journey of disillusionment -- <br/>Ch. 3. Arms race: Going to college -- <br/>Ch. 4. Propaganda machine: Online advertising -- <br/>Ch. 5. Civilian casualties: Justice in the age of big data -- <br/>Ch. 6. Ineligible to serve: Getting a job -- <br/>Ch. 7. Sweating bullets: On the job -- <br/>Ch. 8. Collateral damage: Landing credit -- <br/>Ch. 9. No safe zone: Getting insurance -- <br/>Ch. 10. The targeted citizen: Civic Life. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | We live in the age of the algorithm. Increasingly, the decisions that affect our lives—where we go to school, whether we get a car loan, how much we pay for health insurance—are being made not by humans, but by mathematical models. In theory, this should lead to greater fairness: Everyone is judged according to the same rules, and bias is eliminated.<br/><br/>But as Cathy O’Neil reveals in this urgent and necessary book, the opposite is true. The models being used today are opaque, unregulated, and uncontestable, even when they’re wrong. Most troubling, they reinforce discrimination: If a poor student can’t get a loan because a lending model deems him too risky (by virtue of his zip code), he’s then cut off from the kind of education that could pull him out of poverty, and a vicious spiral ensues. Models are propping up the lucky and punishing the downtrodden, creating a “toxic cocktail for democracy.” Welcome to the dark side of Big Data.<br/><br/>Tracing the arc of a person’s life, O’Neil exposes the black box models that shape our future, both as individuals and as a society. These “weapons of math destruction” score teachers and students, sort résumés, grant (or deny) loans, evaluate workers, target voters, set parole, and monitor our health.<br/><br/>O’Neil calls on modelers to take more responsibility for their algorithms and on policy makers to regulate their use. But in the end, it's up to us to become more savvy about the models that govern our lives. This important book empowers us to ask the tough questions, uncover the truth, and demand change. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| 9 (RLIN) | 1863 |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Big data |
| General subdivision | Social aspects |
| Geographic subdivision | United States |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| 9 (RLIN) | 1863 |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Big data |
| General subdivision | Political aspects |
| Geographic subdivision | United States |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| 9 (RLIN) | 3481 |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Social indicators |
| General subdivision | Mathematical models |
| -- | Moral and ethical aspects |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| 9 (RLIN) | 55 |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Democracy |
| Geographic subdivision | United States |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| 9 (RLIN) | 614 |
| Geographic name | United States |
| General subdivision | Social conditions |
| Chronological subdivision | 21st century |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme | Dewey Decimal Classification |
| Koha item type | Books |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Date last seen | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| Dewey Decimal Classification | Marbella International University Centre | Marbella International University Centre | Library | 10/10/2018 | 005.7 O'N wea | 31/05/2021 | 10/10/2018 | Books |