methods
type: Collection
type: ConceptGroup
member: ecological inference

ecological inference
type: Concept
broader: law and society research
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]

law and society research
type: Concept
narrower: ecological inference