Using Statistical Data on Individual Baseball Players' Performance in Past

question 17

Multiple Choice

Using statistical data on individual baseball players' performance in past games is not a good way to make predictions about which teams will win future games.Taking this approach would introduce the problem of

• A)aggregation.
• B)reductionism.
• C)manipulation.
• D)an ecological fallacy.

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