Alternative Arguments for Generalizing From Data as Applied to Qualitative Research
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9730705 |
|---|---|
| Authors | William A Firestone (0000-0001-9448-3274, Rutgers Graduate School of Education, 10 Seminary Place, New Brunswick, NJ 08903. He specializes in qualitative research, educational policy, and teacher working conditions and professionalism, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1993 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 16 |
| Publication date | 1993-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Educational Researcher (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0013-189X • E-ISSN: 1935-102X |
| Publisher | American Educational Research Association (AERA) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/1177100 |
| OpenAlex | W4248906895 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 158 |
| References cited | 29 |
One criticism about qualitative research is that it is difficult to generalize findings to settings not studied. To explore this issue, I examine three broad arguments for generalizing from data: sample-to-population extrapolation, analytic generalization, and case-to-case transfer. Qualitative research often uses the last argument, but some efforts have been made to use the first two. I suggest that analytic generalization can be very helpful for qualitative researchers but that sample-to-population extrapolation is not likely to be
Argument (complex analysis · Criticism · Data curation · Data science · Economics · Educational research · Epistemology · Extrapolation · Generalization · Management science · Mathematics education · Political science · Population · Qualitative property · Qualitative research · Research Data · Research methodology · Sample (material · Social science · Sociology · Statistics · Computer Science · Evaluation and Performance Assessment · Mathematics · Medicine · Psychology · Qualitative Comparative Analysis Research · Qualitative Research Methods and Applications
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| Unique citing works | 140 |
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| Citations per year | 4,79 |
| Citation span | 1993 - 2026 (34) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | Yes |
| Citation types | Neutral: 150 |