Ecological Fallacy

Encyclopedia of Social Measurement

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 715-722

  Jargowsky, Paul A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B0-12-369398-5/00112-2     Document Type: Chapter

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