A Solution to the Ecological Inference Problem by Gary King

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Provides a solution to the ecological inference problem, which has plagued users of statistical methods for over seventy-five years: How can researchers reliably infer individual-level behavior from aggregate (ecological) data? This work begins with a qualitative overview, readable even by those without a statistical background.

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A Solution to the Ecological Inference Problem by Gary King

Provides a solution to the ecological inference problem, which has plagued users of statistical methods for over seventy-five years: How can researchers reliably infer individual-level behavior from aggregate (ecological) data? This work begins with a qualitative overview, readable even by those without a statistical background.
"For decades, market researchers and statisticians have lamented their inability to deduce individual behavior from data on groupsBut Gary King ...has come up with a formula that finally cracks this nut."--Business Week
Gary King is Professor of Government at Harvard University. He has authored and coauthored numerous journal articles and books in the field of political methodology, including Designing Social Inquiry: Scientific Inference in Qualitative Research (Princeton).
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ISBN 13 9780691012407
ISBN 10 0691012407
Title A Solution to the Ecological Inference Problem
Author Gary King
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Princeton University Press
Year published 1997-04-06
Number of pages 346
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