Statistics/Disparate Impact
Fair Lending Magic™ statistics includes a variety of tests pertinent to fair lending analysis. For example, the T-Test
can be used to test for significant differences in pricing indicators between two groups. Disparate Impact involves a policy
or practice, even when applied equally to all applicants, results in a negative effect on a prohibited basis group.
Below are the statistic tests available in Fair Lending Magic™.
- Average Values Summary
Summary statistics that includes Mean, Max, Min, Standard Deviation for a selected field.
- T-Test
T-Test statistic determines whether the means of two groups are statistically different from each other.
- Z-Test
Z-Test statistic measures the proportions of two populations.
- Chi-Square
Determines whether there is a significant difference between the expected frequencies and the observed frequencies in a category.
- Correlation
Correlation measures the strength of a linear association between two variables.
- Logistic Regression
A regression model used to predict an outcome (approve/deny) based on predictor variables (credit score, DTI, LTV, etc).
- OLS Regression
Ordinary least squares (OLS) regression is a method for predicting a variable (APR) from the values of others (credit score, DTI, LTV, etc).
Below are the disparate impact tests available in Fair Lending Magic™.
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