{"id":26616,"date":"2026-11-01T03:51:32","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T21:51:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/which-inference-illustrates-the-ecological-fallacy\/"},"modified":"2026-11-01T03:51:32","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T21:51:32","slug":"which-inference-illustrates-the-ecological-fallacy","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/which-inference-illustrates-the-ecological-fallacy\/","title":{"rendered":"Which inference illustrates the ecological fallacy?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Which inference illustrates the ecological fallacy?<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>Assuming every Honolulu County resident has the county&#8217;s average income<\/li>\n<li>Reporting the countywide average as an aggregate<\/li>\n<li>Defining a county boundary correctly<\/li>\n<li>Citing a Census estimate with its date<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","subject":[3259],"topic":[4104,4068],"education_level":[1897],"class_list":["post-26616","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","subject-us-states","topic-demographic-research","topic-hawaii-facts","education_level-graduate"],"mcq_note":"<p><strong>The ecological<\/strong> fallacy arises when characteristics of individual residents are inferred solely from county or state aggregates.<\/p><p>Good demographic interpretations consider uncertainty and avoid confusing association with cause.<\/p>","mcq_options":[{"right":"yes","answer":"Assuming every Honolulu County resident has the county's average income"},{"right":"no","answer":"Reporting the countywide average as an aggregate"},{"right":"no","answer":"Defining a county boundary correctly"},{"right":"no","answer":"Citing a Census estimate with its date"}],"multi_answers":"no","subject_terms":[{"id":3259,"title":"U.S. States","slug":"us-states"}],"topic_terms":[{"id":4104,"title":"Demographic Research","slug":"demographic-research"},{"id":4068,"title":"Hawaii Facts","slug":"hawaii-facts"}],"education_level_terms":[{"id":1897,"title":"Graduate","slug":"graduate"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq\/26616","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/mcq"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=26616"},{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=26616"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=26616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}