Cross-Level/Ecological Inference

The Oxford Handbook of Political Methodology

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Cho, Wendy K Tam ^a   Manski, Charles F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross level inference; Ecological inference; Fundamental indeterminacy; Methodological approaches; Statistical problem

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924028440     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199286546.003.0024     Document Type: Chapter

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