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
A)individualistic fallacy.
B)ex post facto fallacy.
C)ecological fallacy.
D)part-whole fallacy.
E)secondary data fallacy.

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The given scenario describes the ecological fallacy, which is the erroneous belief that the characteristics of a group can be attributed to every individual belonging to that group. Even though there may be a relationship between the literacy rate and percentage of foreign-born population, it cannot be assumed that every foreign-born resident has a higher literacy rate than native-born residents.

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