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WEIGHING THE EVIDENCE

Ecological Studies and the Ecological Fallacy

Daniel R. Neuspiel
AAP Grand Rounds May 2001, 5 (5) 46; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1542/gr.5-5-46
Daniel R. Neuspiel
Pediatrics, Epidemiology and Social Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Beth Israel Medical Center, New York
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Ecological studies involve groups of people, rather than individuals, as the units of study. Since group data are easier to obtain (eg, census or other national survey information), these studies are often used to generate hypotheses for further study. The 2 studies of MMR vaccine and autism reviewed in this issue are ecological studies that examined whether changes in immunization rates correlated with …

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