The ecological fallacy refers to
A) using inappropriate units of analysis.
B) making inferences about individuals from data about aggregates.
C) the continuity of availability.
D) using secondary data that is unreliable or invalid.
E) falsely analyzing data.

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The ecological fallacy refers to the mistake of making inferences about individuals based on aggregated data. This can be problematic as individuals within a group may vary significantly and assumptions made about an entire group may not hold for each individual within it.

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