ecological fallacy

collocation in English

meaningsofecologicalandfallacy

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ecological
adjective
uk
/ˌiː.kəˈlɒdʒ.ɪ.kəl/us
/ˌiː.kəˈlɑː.dʒɪ.kəl/
relating to ecology or ...
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fallacy
noun[C]
uk
/ˈfæl.ə.si/us
/ˈfæl.ə.si/
an idea that a lot of people think is true but is in ...
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(Definition ofecologicalandfallacyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofecological fallacy

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However, ecological studies have limitations, the 'ecological bias ' or 'ecologicalfallacy' being the major one.
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Treating a deviant case to surmise the whole phenomenon results inecologicalfallacy.
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Although aware of the issue, the authors periodically lapse into anecologicalfallacy.
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Their contention that they have discovered anecologicalfallacyin the behaviour of this scale also seems, under closer scrutiny, unwarranted.
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Reexamining theecologicalfallacy: a study in which aggregate data are critical in investigating the pathological effects of living alone.
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Anecologicalfallacycan be said to exist when we observe aggregate stability in the face of individual level volatility.
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Instead, the authors tend to focus on the details of the survey data, before making large inferences to (national) cultural explanations - in a recurrent exercise of the classicecologicalfallacy.
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Given our focus on national aggregates, and since we are not making inferences from aggregate findings to individual behaviour, we are, in fact, not committing theecologicalfallacy.
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But he has failed to convince us that we have not uncovered an importantecologicalfallacy, which calls for explanation rather than dismissal as 'random error'.
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Ecologicalfallacysometimes refers to the fallacy of division which is not a statistical issue.
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Thus, concern about theecologicalfallacyshould not be used to disparage ecological studies.
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Thinking both are equal is an example ofecologicalfallacy.
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This is known asecologicalfallacy, and statistically, this type of analysis results in decreased power in addition to the loss of information.
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The termecologicalfallacymeans that the findings for the groups may not apply to individuals in the group.
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This is an example of anecologicalfallacy, where a value for an area generalizes all within that area to exhibit that value.
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Further, all election maps are subject to the interpretation error known as theecologicalfallacy.
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