Suppose you found that the incidence of social protest was higher in cities with large union memberships. It would be an ecological fallacy to conclude that
A) union members are likely to engage in social protest.
B) unions promote social protest.
C) cities promote social protest.
D) social protest encourages unionization.

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An ecological fallacy occurs when conclusions about individual behavior are drawn from group-level data. Just because cities with large union memberships have higher incidences of social protest does not mean that individual union members are more likely to engage in social protest.

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