William Robinson,a sociologist,found that during the 1930s there was a positive relationship between the literacy rate and percentage of the population that was foreign born.If you concluded on this basis that your neighbor,Yasmine,who is a foreign-born resident,has a higher literacy rate than other native-born residents,you would be committing the

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The statement made about the relationship between literacy rate and percentage of foreign-born population is at the ecological level, i.e. at the level of groups or populations. It would therefore be fallacious to apply this relationship to an individual such as Yasmine, who may or may not have a higher literacy rate than native-born residents. This is known as the ecological fallacy.

William Robinson,a Sociologist,found That During the 1930s There Was a Positive