Computing diversity in undergraduate admissions decisions
| dc.contributor.advisor | Guerra, Rudy | en_US |
| dc.creator | Chatman, Jamie | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2011-07-25T01:39:39Z | en_US |
| dc.date.available | 2011-07-25T01:39:39Z | en_US |
| dc.date.issued | 2009 | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | The Supreme Court decision in the University of Michigan case in 2003 ruled the university's admissions procedures unconstitutional, giving minorities an unfair advantage of acceptance. The ruling stated race may still be used in admissions decisions to achieve diversity, but that race could not be used to give applicants preferential treatment in the admissions process. Motivated by this case, a researcher, Juan Gilbert, developed a computer based clustering method to aid admissions committees in choosing diverse entering classes. This method was evaluated using undergraduate admissions data sets from two public universities. Gilbert's method suggested diverse entering classes but did not select well based on merit. A method of improvement is introduced that maintains the academic characteristics of the university through classification, while suggesting diverse entering classes more academically similar to those actually accepted. | en_US |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | en_US |
| dc.identifier.callno | THESIS STAT. 2009 CHATMAN | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Chatman, Jamie. "Computing diversity in undergraduate admissions decisions." (2009) Diss., Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/61936">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/61936</a>. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1911/61936 | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
| dc.rights | Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise indicated. Permission to reuse, publish, or reproduce the work beyond the bounds of fair use or other exemptions to copyright law must be obtained from the copyright holder. | en_US |
| dc.subject | Statistics | en_US |
| dc.subject | Higher education | en_US |
| dc.title | Computing diversity in undergraduate admissions decisions | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
| dc.type.material | Text | en_US |
| thesis.degree.department | Statistics | en_US |
| thesis.degree.discipline | Engineering | en_US |
| thesis.degree.grantor | Rice University | en_US |
| thesis.degree.level | Doctoral | en_US |
| thesis.degree.name | Doctor of Philosophy | en_US |
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