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atomistic fallacy: a standalone construct

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Epidemiology

the error of drawing conclusions about group-level relationships from associations measured only among individuals.

In epidemiology, atomistic fallacy refers to the error of drawing conclusions about group-level relationships from associations measured only among individuals. This meaning comes from Diez-Roux (1998) in American Journal of Public Health.[1]

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References

Diez-Roux, A. V. (1998). Bringing context back into epidemiology: variables and fallacies in multilevel analysis. American Journal of Public Health, 88(2), 216-222. https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.88.2.216

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