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How to Debug Inclusivity Bugs? An Empirical Investigation of Finding-to-Fixing with Information Architecture

Creator:

Guizani, Mariam, Steinmacher, Igor, Emard, Jillian, Fallatah, Abrar, Burnett, Margaret, and Sarma, Anita

Abstract:

Background: Although some previous research has found ways to find inclusivity bugs (biases in software that introduce inequities among cognitively diverse individuals), little attention has been paid to how to go about fixing such bugs. We hypothesized that Information Architecture (IA)--the way information is organized, structured and labeled--may provide the...

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Research Paper
Open Source barriers to entry, revisited : a tools perspective

Creator:

Mendez, Christopher, Pedala, Hema Susmita, Steine-Hanson, Zoe, Hilderbrand, Claudia, Horvath, Amber, Hill, Charles, Simpson, Logan, Patil, Nupoor, Sarma, Anita, and Burnett, Margaret

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Software (OSS) communities and that women disproportionately experience such barriers. However, this research has focused mainly on social/cultural factors, ignoring the environment itself — the tools and infrastructure. To shed some light onto how tools and infrastructure might somehow factor into OSS barriers to entry, we conducted a field study...

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Technical Report