Impact of Gender on the Evaluation of Security Decisions
Winnie Mbaka, Katja Tuma

TL;DR
This paper investigates how gender and education demographics influence security decision evaluations made by human analysts under uncertainty, addressing a significant knowledge gap in understanding potential biases.
Contribution
It provides the first empirical analysis of the impact of gender and education on security decision judgments.
Findings
Gender influences security decision evaluations.
Education level affects judgment accuracy.
Biases related to demographics are significant in security assessments.
Abstract
Security decisions are made by human analysts under uncertain conditions which leaves room for bias judgement. However, little is known about how demographics like gender and education impact these judgments. We conducted an empirical study to investigate their influence on security decision evaluations, addressing this knowledge gap.
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Taxonomy
TopicsTerrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence · Defense, Military, and Policy Studies · Economic Sanctions and International Relations
