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10- Heather Krause & Data Equity 101


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Quantitative data can help us understand what is going on in the world in a way that cuts through human error, bias, and injustice…right? Wrong.

Heather Krause is a trained mathematical statistician and data scientist who founded We All Count, which aims to align quantitative work with equity values. In this episode, Heather shares the ways that quantitative data is embedded with assumptions, biases, subjectivity, and power imbalances. And thankfully, she also shares why we shouldn’t give up hope despite this uncomfortable reality.

Heather Krause & Data Equity 101

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