Ecological Inference

Volume: 10

Series:
Quantitative Applications in the Social Sciences

Other Titles in:
Quantitative/Statistical Research (General)

August 1978 | 72 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc

Description

This paper considers the possible effects of making inferences about individuals from aggregate data. It assumes a knowledge of regression analysis, and explores the utility of techniques designed to make the inferences in causal modelling more reliable, including a comparison between ecological regression models and ecological correlation.

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