@staticmethod
def _get_cov_thresh_dict(cov_thresh, protected_attribute_names):
    """Return dict with covariance threshold for each protected attribute.

        Each attribute gets the same threshold (cov_thresh).

        Args:
            cov_thresh (float): the covariance threshold.
            protected_attribute_names (list(str)): list of protected attribute
                names.

        Returns:
            sensitive_attrs_to_cov_thresh (dict):
            dict of form {"sensitive_attribute_name_1":cov_thresh, ...}.
        """
    sensitive_attrs_to_cov_thresh = {}
    for sens_attr_name in protected_attribute_names:
        sensitive_attrs_to_cov_thresh[sens_attr_name] = cov_thresh
    return sensitive_attrs_to_cov_thresh
