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Applicable beyond the specific cases or conditions in which it was established.
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scope of findings; external validity; applying evidence in new settingsState which new contexts are covered and which remain uncertain.
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- generalizable findings
- generalizable to other populations
- limited generalizability
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Findings from fee-paying schools may not be generalizable to the national school system.
The mechanism appears more generalizable than the estimated effect size.
A narrowly selected sample does not necessarily yield a generalizable conclusion.
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Primary category: academic. Research term; generalizability must be argued, not inferred solely from sample size. A finding can travel to some populations but not others. British spelling: generalisable. Gradable: more generalizable; most generalizable. Derived family (not inflections): generalizability, generalize. British spelling: generalisable.
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