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GCSE Sociology · key term
The extent to which findings from a study can be applied beyond the people who were studied.
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Paper 1, Paper 2
The extent to which research findings can be applied beyond the people studied to the wider population.
Revise: Research terminology for studying familiesRepresentativeness matters for generalisability: whether findings can reasonably be applied to the wider population.
The extent to which findings from a study can be applied beyond the people or setting studied.
Distinguish a methodological criticism, such as limited generalisability, from a criticism of the explanation, such as overlooking women who face hardship but do not offend.
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Component 1, Component 2
The extent to which research findings can be applied beyond the people or setting studied.
The extent to which research findings can safely be applied to the target population beyond those studied.
The extent to which findings from a study can reasonably be applied to the wider population it concerns.
