Question

William Robinson, a sociologist, found that during the 1930s there was a positive relationship between the literacy rate and percentage of the population that was foreign born. If you concluded on this basis that your neighbor, Yasmine, who is a foreign-born resident, has a higher literacy rate than other native-born residents, you would be committing the:

Answer 1

Answer: Ecological fallacy

Explanation:

Ecological fallacy is defined as misconception that occurs when a person tends to interprets decision about nature of any individual through the conclusion made from nature of group that individual belongs to per statistical analysis and information.

According to the question, the person will be committing ecological fallacy if he is considering that Yasmine has higher rate of literacy compared to other because she belongs to foreign-born resident community as per sociological study.