This week you're learning about classification trees. Classification trees and a range of other predictive models can be used by organisations to make decisions about their customers/patients/students/citizens etc. Next week we will be talking about ethical considerations for professionals working with data. This discussion aims to get you thinking more about this in your own life. You may find this (optional) recommended 'reading' (listen to the clip and/or read the transcript) helpful when developing your answers below:https://www.npr.org/transcripts/580617998(Links to an external site.)

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1. Briefly describe one way in which algorithms make decisions or suggestions inyourday-to-day life.

2. Consider your answer above. What kind of ethical/professional rules do you hope the people dealing with your data and designing the algorithms are adopting? (For example, if they can predict your gender, should they use that to make decisions/suggestions? Your ethnicity?)