Ecological Inference: New Methodological Strategies

Book Overview

Drawing upon the explosion of research in the field, a diverse group of scholars surveys strategies for solving ecological inference problems, the process of trying to infer individual behavior from aggregate data. The uncertainties and information lost in aggregation make ecological inference one of the most difficult areas of statistical inference, but these inferences are required in many academic fields, as well as by legislatures and the Courts...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521542804
• ISBN13: 9780521542807
• Release Date: September 2004
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.0" x 9.9"