# Contested concept: diversity

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- **Canonical**: `/concept/diversity` (data: `/concept/diversity.json`)

## Senses in use
- **A functional characteristic of groups (workforces, student bodies) that drives institutional performance and social effectiveness.** — used in 4 claim(s)
- **Heterogeneity of backgrounds and experiences used as a social mechanism to prevent premature consensus.** — used in 3 claim(s)
- **Statistical variance or the difference between individual predictions and the average prediction (Predictive Diversity).** — used in 2 claim(s)

## Claims using this term
- [Research by Scott E. Page indicates that the presence of diversity within a group leads to improved outcomes and better functioning of that…](/claim/claim_0c00313d1a90.md) _(sense: A functional characteristic of groups (workforces, student bodies) that drives institutional performance and social effectiveness.)_
- [The diversity prediction theorem states that the squared error of a group's collective prediction is equal to the average squared error of …](/claim/claim_246385acea22.md) _(sense: Statistical variance or the difference between individual predictions and the average prediction (Predictive Diversity).)_
- [The diversity prediction theorem defines the squared error of a collective prediction as the average squared error of individual prediction…](/claim/claim_52dcd5210644.md) _(sense: Statistical variance or the difference between individual predictions and the average prediction (Predictive Diversity).)_
- [Ensuring a group contains a population with diverse backgrounds can counter the tendency for consensus-seeking to decrease the accuracy of …](/claim/claim_6477080327bf.md) _(sense: Heterogeneity of backgrounds and experiences used as a social mechanism to prevent premature consensus.)_
- [Research by Scott E. Page indicates that diversity within the workforce or organization contributes to the creation of higher-performing an…](/claim/claim_92a544cc7697.md) _(sense: A functional characteristic of groups (workforces, student bodies) that drives institutional performance and social effectiveness.)_
- [Research by Scott E. Page indicates that diversity within student and faculty bodies leads to better-performing and more effective educatio…](/claim/claim_991abd401577.md) _(sense: A functional characteristic of groups (workforces, student bodies) that drives institutional performance and social effectiveness.)_
- [Research by Scott E. Page indicates that diversity within a population results in better-functioning and more effective societies.](/claim/claim_c39827ad7111.md) _(sense: A functional characteristic of groups (workforces, student bodies) that drives institutional performance and social effectiveness.)_
- [Ensuring group diversity is intended to mitigate the negative impact that consensus-seeking behavior has on the accuracy of a crowd's colle…](/claim/claim_fe274dce8a28.md) _(sense: Heterogeneity of backgrounds and experiences used as a social mechanism to prevent premature consensus.)_
- [To improve the accuracy of group decision-making, researchers suggest ensuring that the participating group contains individuals from diver…](/claim/claim_fed5eb4609ba.md) _(sense: Heterogeneity of backgrounds and experiences used as a social mechanism to prevent premature consensus.)_