wefe.datasets.load_weat

wefe.datasets.load_weat() → dict[str, list[str]]

Load the word sets used in the experiments of the

_Semantics Derived Automatically From Language Corpora Contain Human-Like Biases_ work.

It includes the following word sets: - gender (male, female) - ethnicity (black, white) - pleasant, unpleasant - among others.

References

[1]: Semantics derived automatically from language corpora contain human-like biases.

Caliskan, A., Bryson, J. J., & Narayanan, A. (2017).

Science, 356(6334), 183-186.

[2]: Measuring individual differences in implicit cognition: The implicit association test.

Greenwald, A. G., McGhee, D. E., & Schwartz, J. L. K. (1998).

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 74(6), 1464-1480.

[3]: Are Emily and Greg More Employable Than Lakisha and Jamal? A Field Experiment on Labor Market Discrimination.

Bertrand, M., & Mullainathan, S. (2004).

American Economic Review, 94(4), 991-1013.

[4]: Harvesting implicit group attitudes and beliefs from a demonstration web site.

Nosek, B. A., Banaji, M. R., & Greenwald, A. G. (2002).

Group Dynamics: Theory, Research, and Practice, 6(1), 101-115.

[5]: Math = male, me = female, therefore math ≠ me.

Nosek, B. A., Banaji, M. R., & Greenwald, A. G. (2002).

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 83(1), 44-59.

[6]: Implicit and Explicit Stigmatizing Attitudes and Stereotypes About Depression.

Monteith, L. L., & Pettit, J. W. (2011).

Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 30(5), 484-505.

Returns:

word_sets_dict – A dictionary with the word sets.

Return type:

dict