When making statements of causality, one has to be careful of not making the error of ecological fallacy
Ecological fallacy is
A) an error in explanation in which associations among large-scale units (countries, etc.) are used to
explain associations among small-scale units (individuals, etc.).
B) interpretations made by researchers that explain causations from a ecological/biological perspective.
C) when two variables are associated but are not causally related because a third factor is the actual cause
of the association.
D) an error in explanation in which associations among small-scale units (individuals, etc.) are used to
explain associations among large-scale units (countries, etc.).
A
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