Provide an explanation using an example of the way in which the ecological fallacy is the result of errors with units of analysis . We are talking about Ecological Fallacy
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textbook Basic of research Methods
In reasoning a fallacy is nothing but an error, usually based on mistaken assumptions. The ecological fallacy occurs when we make conclusions about individuals based only on analyses of group data. For example, assume that we measured the math scores of a particular classroom and found that they had the highest average score in the district. Later on we happened to see one of the kids from that class in a public park and we assumed that “she must be a math whiz". Ohh! It may be a case of Fallacy! Just because she comes from the class with the highest average doesn't mean that she is automatically a high-scorer in math. She could be the lowest math scorer in a class that otherwise consists of math geniuses. Or she could have scored just average mark in the mathematics.
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