generalisation in a quantitative research

Question 1

what is generalization

Answer 1

means drawing inferences from resluts of s tudy to something outside the study

Question 2

external validity

Answer 2

• is a characteristic of generalizability of findings to other people and other situations.

Question 3

population validity

Answer 3

sample is often relatively small and therefore the sample is not considered statistcally representative of the population.
- refers to the extent to which findings can be generalized from the sample to the target population. it depends on how represenattive the sample is.

Question 4

ecological validity

Answer 4

refers to the extent to which findings can be generalized from the experiment to other settings or situations.
- the more closely the experimental procedure apporximates real-life situations, the hger the ecological validity of the experiment.

Question 5

construct validity

Answer 5

characteristic of teh quality of operationalizations. Operationalization express constructs in terms of observable behavour.