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5.0 out of 5 stars
A must read for all interested in social behavior
King's work has to be on the must-read list for all those who are seriously interested in studying social behavior. This work promises to revolutionize our understanding of many social phenomenon. Coming from one of the top political scientists, King's work on ecological inference is one of the most important books in social science to be published in recent years.
Published on July 16, 1997
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I think readers should be cautioned against some of the sales hype that surrounds this book. While it is an advance in the study of certain types of ecological inference problems, it is a marginal advance. Depending on the data, it sometimes performs better, sometimes worse than other techniques, including orginary least squares. Look at some of the critical reviews...
Published on July 5, 2002
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9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Not so fast,
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This review is from: A Solution to the Ecological Inference Problem (Paperback)
I think readers should be cautioned against some of the sales hype that surrounds this book. While it is an advance in the study of certain types of ecological inference problems, it is a marginal advance. Depending on the data, it sometimes performs better, sometimes worse than other techniques, including orginary least squares. Look at some of the critical reviews before you accept the claims made by this book.
5.0 out of 5 stars
A must read for all interested in social behavior,
By A Customer
This review is from: A Solution to the Ecological Inference Problem (Paperback)
King's work has to be on the must-read list for
all those who are seriously interested in studying
social behavior. This work promises to revolutionize our understanding of many social phenomenon. Coming from one of the top political scientists, King's work on ecological inference is one of the most important books in social science to be published in recent years.
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A Solution to the Ecological Inference Problem by Gary King (Paperback - March 17, 1997)
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