A researcher examined factory records and found that the higher the percentage of unskilled workers in factories,the higher the rate of employee sabotage in those factories.The researcher concluded that individual unskilled factory workers are more likely to engage in sabotage.What is the conclusion an example of?
A)extrapolation
B)emergence
C)reductionist fallacy
D)ecological fallacy

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The conclusion is an example of ecological fallacy, as it assumes that the behavior of the entire group (factory workers) can be inferred from the behavior of a sub-group (unskilled workers).

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