Section 2
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Ecological Fallacy
An ecological fallacy is an interpretation of statistical data where inferences about individuals are deduced from inferences about the group as a whole.
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Correlation is Not Causation
The conventional dictum "correlation does not imply causation" means that correlation cannot be used to infer a causal relationship between variables.