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Equalised odds

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A group fairness criterion that holds when true-positive and false-positive rates are both equal across groups; equal opportunity is the weaker version that equalises only true-positive rates 1.

Developed in
ch. 16, Group fairness metrics
Chapters
ch. 16, Fairness & XAI
Contrast with
Demographic parity
Source
1 numbered reference, listed below

Where it is used

One chapter of the Body of Knowledge uses the term. Each link opens the first section that does.

  • Fairness

    The property that a system's outcomes and errors do not unjustifiably disadvantage people or groups.

Sources

  1. [1] "Equality of Opportunity in Supervised Learning" (Hardt, Price and Srebro; equalised odds and equal opportunity; arXiv 1610.02413). arXiv. 2016-10-07. https://arxiv.org/abs/1610.02413 (verified: primary)

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Cite this term

García Aibar, J. (2026). Equalised odds. In AI Governance Engineering: The Thesis & Body of Knowledge (v0.5.0), Glossary. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22956197. https://aigovernanceengineer.com/glossary/equalised-odds. CC BY 4.0

BibTeX

@misc{aige2026equalisedodds,
  author  = {Jorge García Aibar},
  title   = {{Equalised odds}},
  note    = {Glossary, AI Governance Engineering: The Thesis \& Body of Knowledge, version 0.5.0},
  year    = {2026},
  doi     = {10.5281/zenodo.22956197},
  url     = {https://aigovernanceengineer.com/glossary/equalised-odds}
}