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| Thinking About Segregation and Integration | 
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| Introduction | The Basic Model | Implications | An Advanced Model | References |
In the present case, one is not entitled to conclude from the model
that a preference for being surrounded by similar people is the single factor
that accounts for segregation/clustering in all cases. Nor is one entitled
to conclude that other factors are irrelevant or even unlikely, either in
individual cases or generally. One can conclude that a preference
for being surrounded by similar people would suffice to account for segregation/clustering
in a lots of different cases and, perhaps more importantly, that it could
be a contributing factor of the sort that helps to explain why similar behavior
occurs a wide variety of circumstances. And that a particular sort of change
rather than another sort is more likely to be effective in a wide array
of circumstances in bringing about more integrated communities (assuming
one had that as an objective).
See Do Your Own Research
for some additional general ideas about observations and conclusions that
hold both for research on models and research on the world.
