The "ecological fallacy" would be best defined as:

a. the use of artifacts in human service research.
b. the use of a cross?sectional research design when longitudinal research is called
for.
c. inferring something about individuals based on data collected about groups.
d. collecting data from people in their natural setting (their "ecology") rather than
in a more neutral setting.


C

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