TY - JOUR
AU - FIRESTONE, WILLIAM A.
AB - 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.
TI - Alternative Arguments for Generalizing From Data as Applied to Qualitative Research
JF - Educational Researcher
DO - 10.3102/0013189X022004016
DA - 1993-05-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/sage/alternative-arguments-for-generalizing-from-data-as-applied-to-BuC40ixrHM
SP - 16
EP - 23
VL - 22
IS - 4
DP - DeepDyve
ER -