Ecological Inference: New Methodological Strategies (Analytical Methods for Social Research)

@book{citeulike:1714451, abstract = {This collection of essays brings together a diverse group of scholars to survey the latest strategies for solving ecological inference problems in various fields. The last half-decade has witnessed an explosion of research in ecological inference--the process of trying to infer individual behavior from aggregate data. Although uncertainties and information lost in aggregation make ecological inference one of the most problematic types of research to rely on, these inferences are required in many academic fields, as well as by legislatures and the Courts in redistricting, by business in marketing research, and by governments in policy analysis.}, author = {King, Gary and Rosen, Ori and Tanner, Martin A. }, citeulike-article-id = {1714451}, howpublished = {Paperback}, isbn = {0521542804}, keywords = {ecology, error, error-propagation, scale, uncertainty}, month = {September}, posted-at = {2007-10-01 09:46:47}, priority = {2}, publisher = {Cambridge University Press}, title = {Ecological Inference: New Methodological Strategies (Analytical Methods for Social Research)}, url = {http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=citeulike09-20\&path=ASIN/0521542804}, year = {2004} }

TY - BOOK ID - citeulike:1714451 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1714451 TI - Ecological Inference: New Methodological Strategies (Analytical Methods for Social Research) PB - Cambridge University Press SN - 0521542804 N2 - This collection of essays brings together a diverse group of scholars to survey the latest strategies for solving ecological inference problems in various fields. The last half-decade has witnessed an explosion of research in ecological inference--the process of trying to infer individual behavior from aggregate data. Although uncertainties and information lost in aggregation make ecological inference one of the most problematic types of research to rely on, these inferences are required in many academic fields, as well as by legislatures and the Courts in redistricting, by business in marketing research, and by governments in policy analysis. KW - ecology KW - error KW - error-propagation KW - scale KW - uncertainty AU - King, Gary AU - Rosen, Ori AU - Tanner, Martin PY - 2004/09/13/ UR - http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=citeulike09-20&path=ASIN/0521542804 ER -