Using existing statistics,Professor Ford finds that towns with low median incomes tend to have higher crime rates than towns with high median incomes.Ford concludes that poor people are more likely to commit crimes than people with high incomes.Ford is
A)Committing the ecological fallacy.
B)Using verstehen.
C)Doing content analysis.
D)Developing ideal types.
E)Doing replication.

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Ford is committing the ecological fallacy by assuming that the characteristics of the group (towns with low median incomes) apply to individuals within that group (poor people). It is not accurate to assume that all poor people are more likely to commit crimes than people with high incomes based solely on statistics about the towns they live in.

Using Existing Statistics,Professor Ford Finds That Towns with Low Median