A Solution to the Ecological Inference Problem: Reconstructing Individual Behavior from Aggregate Data

by Gary King

Book Overview

This book 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? In political science, this question arises when individual-level surveys are unavailable (for instance, local or comparative electoral politics), unreliable (racial politics), insufficient (political geography),...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691012407
• ISBN13: 9780691012407
• Release Date: March 1997
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 346 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

A must read for all interested in social behavior

King's work has to be on the must-read list for all those who are seriously interested in studying social behavior. This work promises to revolutionize our understanding of many social phenomenon. Coming from one of the top political scientists, King's work on ecological inference is one of the most important books in social science to be published in recent years.