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... > social science subjects > criminology and criminal justice > criminology > law and society > law and society research > ecological inference
... > social science subjects > politics and international relations > political science > law and courts > law and society > law and society research > ecological inference

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ecological inference  

Definition

  • The ecological inference problem is a long-standing problem that encompasses a rich set of intriguing puzzles. Scholars with diverse backgrounds and interests have a stake in approaches to ecological inference problems, which appear as frequently in political science as they do in medicine, geography, economics, or sociology. [Source: International Encyclopedia of Political Science; Inference, Ecological]

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