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...that is not how I've ever heard "the ecological fallacy" used, and this is what I do for a living.
by Fomite 4y ago
...that is not how I've ever heard "the ecological fallacy" used, and this is what I do for a living.
- oa335 4y agoWhat is your line of work and how is concept of “the ecological fallacy” used there?
- Fomite 4y agoEpidemiology and disease ecology, particularly of antimicrobial resistant pathogens. The Wikipedia entry for it gives the definition I've always seen: "An ecological fallacy is a formal fallacy in the interpretation of statistical data that occurs when inferences about the nature of individuals are deduced from inferences about the group to which those individuals belong."