ecologic fallacy
e·co·log·i·c fal·la·cy
(ē'kō-loj'ik fal'ă-sē),The bias that may occur because an association observed between variables at an aggregate level does not necessarily represent an association that exists at an individual level; an error of inference due to failure to distinguish between different levels of organization.
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