EI extended model and the fear of ecological fallacy

Sociological Methods and Research

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 3-25

  Liu, Baodong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN OSHKOSH   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregation bias; Contextual effect; Ecological fallacy; Ecological inferences; EI

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547182845     PISSN: 00491241     EISSN: 15528294     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0049124106295797     Document Type: Article

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