A person reads a study that finds police agencies in the South are more likely to have excessive force complaints filed against them. From this study, the person concludes that Southern police officers are more likely to use excessive force. This is an example of ______.
A. a nomothetic explanation
B. an idiographic explanation
C. reductionism
D. an ecological fallacy
Answer: D
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