See Also: ecological fallacy(medicine)
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fallacy(dictionary)
fallacy(dictionary)
pathetic fallacy(dictionary)
naturalistic fallacy(encyclopedia)
fallacy, formal and informal(encyclopedia)
ecological(dictionary)
ecological(dictionary)
ecological epidemiology(medicine)

ecological fallacy (medicine)


ecological fallacy


The bias that may occur because an association observed between variables at an aggregate level does not necessarily represent an association that exists at an individual level; an error of inference due to failure to distinguish between different levels of organization.