The data for science is just like the food we eat; garbage in, garbage out. Which brings us to the ecological fallacy, also known as the ecological inference fallacy.

Ecological modelling is the construction and analysis of mathematical models of ecological processes, including both purely biological and combined biophysical models. Models can be analytic or ...

A new study suggests that human irrationality, long considered a cognitive flaw, may be the key to unlocking machine creativity. Published in Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence, the paper titled ...

Ecological networks articles from across Nature Portfolio Ecological networks are representations of the interactions that occur between species within a community. The interactions include ...

The problem of the ecological fallacy is always an important consideration when using data at a small area or group level, and is well described in the literature (for example see). [26] ...

Introduction Previous studies have explored the effect of urbanisation on the prevalence of type 2 diabetes (T2D) at regional/national level. The aim of this study is to investigate the association ...

The Goomba Fallacy refers to an exploitable meme created by X / Twitter users @supersylvie_ and @NopeSignal in January 2024. The meme describes the phenomenon in which a person outside a community ...

Sunk cost fallacy The sunk cost fallacy is our tendency to continue with something we’ve invested money, effort, or time into—even if the current costs outweigh the benefits. When we fall prey to the ...

An ecological study also showed that suicide rates were associated with income per capita in Brazil 9. Studies performed in the capitals of Brazilian states and municipalities that comprise the state ...