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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"ecological fallacy"”.
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Scale, ecological fallacy, and the river continuum concept
… This paper teases out issues of scale and ecological fallacy from the literature and discusses how these issues influence the applicability of an influential theoretical framework in stream ecology, the River Continuum Concept (RCC). Investigators are faced with decisions regarding scale …
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Exploring the Perceptions, Uses, Rhetoric, and Reality of ShotSpotter Gunshot Detection Technology Among Police Officers and Analysts
… officers may engage in something akin to the ecological fallacy in their focus on Micro Uses over Macro Uses. The findings of this study indicate that officers may need to reframe their conceptions of ShotSpotter for the tool to reach its full potential and find its place in the proverbial law …
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Built Environment and Risk of Obesity in the United States: A Multilevel Modeling Approach
… across the country. To mitigate the ecological fallacy, the second study used a multi-level modeling (MLM) approach by accounting for individual attributes such as demographic, socioeconomic and behavior variables. Furthermore, models for areas of different urbanicity levels were …
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VALUING CHANGES IN THE PROVISION OF A PUBLIC GOOD: EMPIRICAL APPLICATIONS IN ENVIRONMENTAL AND HEALTH ECONOMICS
… of IRAs. Scale and zoning effects (e.g., ecological fallacy, Doll et al. 2004) due to the aggregation of data into predefined administrative boundaries (such as Census tracts) are addressed in chapter 3 by using micro-data with a sample of matched wage-earner housing units. Chapter 4 uses …
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Examining the Modifiable Areal Unit Problem: Associations Between Surface Mining and Birth Outcomes in Central Appalachia at Multiple Spatial Scales
Health studies often rely on aggregated instead of individual-level data to protect patient privacy. However, aggregated data are subject to the modifiable areal unit problem (MAUP), meaning results of statistical analyses may differ depending on the data's scale and areal unit. Past studies have …