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Homework 27 - Social Impacts
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Homework 27 - Social Impacts

  • Due Dec 1, 2016 by 2pm
  • Points 10
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  • Available until Dec 5, 2016 at 8am
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One of the learning objectives for the Computational Thinking course is to "Identify the impacts of computing and information technology on humanity." Consider the following situation that involves computation making an impact on society.

Situation: Health insurance companies have written algorithms to analyze "big data" about the medical histories of individuals and their families. The companies use the analysis to set individual insurance rates (high for those at higher future risk) or possibly deny coverage to an individuals because of the likelihood of high future medical costs.

Using what you learned in the class write a short paragraph (approximately 300 words) that addresses the social impacts of computing in this situation

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