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ECOLOGICAL REGRESSION BIBLIOGRAPHY
1933-Present
1. Ross, F.A. (1933) “Ecology & the Statistical Method.” The American Journal of
Sociology, 38(4): 507-522.
2. Robinson, W. S. (1950) “Ecological correlation and the behavior of individuals”
American Sociological Review, 15(3): 351-357.
3. Goodman, L.A. (1953) “Ecological Regressions and Behavior of Individuals.”
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4. Goodman, L.A. (1959) “Some Alternatives to Ecological Correlation.” American
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5. Cramer, J. S. (1964). “Efficient grouping, regression and correlation in Engel curve
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6. Shively, W.P. (1969) “‘Ecological’ Inference: The Use of Aggregate Data to Study
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Political Methodology Group, Massachusetts, p. 1-17.
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15. King, G. (1997) “A Solution to the Ecological Inference Problem: Reconstructing
Individual Behavior from Aggregate Data.” Princeton University Press, Princeton, New
Jersey, 291 p.
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169(4) 681-700.
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