Generalizability
Definition: Definition : Generalizability refers to how applicable a study’s results are to broader groups of people, settings, or situations they study and how the findings relate to this wider context (Frey, 2018; Kukull & Ganguli, 2012).
Related terms: Conceptual replication, External Validity , Opportunistic sampling, Sampling bias, WEIRD Alternative definition: Applying modified materials and/or analysis pipelines to new data or samples to answer the same hypothesis (different materials, different data) to test how generalizable the effect under study is (The Turing Way Community & Scriberia, 2021). Alternative definition: Applying modified materials and/or analysis pipelines to new data or samples to answer the same hypothesis (different materials, different data) to test how generalizable the effect under study is (The Turing Way Community & Scriberia, 2021). Related terms to alternative definition: (if applicable): Conceptual Replication Related terms to alternative definition: (if applicable): Conceptual Replication
Reference: Esterling et al. (2021); Frey (2018 ); Kukull and Ganguli (2012); LeBel et al. (2017); Nosek and Errington ( 2020 ); Yarkoni (2020)
Drafted and Reviewed by: Aoife O’Mahony, Adrien Fillon, Matt Jaquiery, Tina Lonsdorf, Sam Parsons, Julia Wolska